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On July 15, 2010, the Senate approved the conference report for H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act"). The House approved the conference report on June 30. The bill is scheduled for signature by the president next week. The Act includes a number of important provisions of interest, which we will address in a series of Alerts to our Banking Clients. This Alert addresses measures related to the thrift charter, risk retention for asset-backed securities sales, deposit insurance and business checking accounts. A summary of these new changes includes the following:
Thrift Charter
Risk Retention
(i) the residual income of the mortgagor after all monthly obligations;
(ii) the ratio of housing payments to the monthly income of the mortgagor; and
(iii) the ratio of total monthly installment payments to the income of the mortgagor.
Deposit Insurance
Business Checking
Day Pitney Attorneys Alfred Marks and Michael Lane co-authored an article, "Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins: An Underutilized Defense Against Claims Brought Under Federal Consumer Finance Statutes," for The Banking Law Journal.
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On February 20, Michael Rave and Michael Dunne spoke at FinXTech R.O.D.E., a conference presented by Autobooks, Bank Director and Microsoft and held at the Advanced Technology Development Center in Atlanta, GA.
On January 27, Michael Rave will be speaking on "Public & Private Capital Raising: How To Fund Your Bank for Growth and/or Change" at Bank Director's annual conference, Acquire or Be Acquired, in Phoenix, AZ.
On December 7, Day Pitney, ICSGroup and CohnReznick co-sponsored "Launching a Private Fund: What You Need to Know."
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Eliza Fromberg was quoted in an article, "FINRA's Capital Acquisition Broker Rules Face Tough Sell," in Law360.
Eliza Fromberg was quoted in an article, "Introduction of Regulation Crowdfunding" in Financier Worldwide Magazine.
Hartford, Conn, November 10, 2015 – Day Pitney is advising SBT Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX: SBTB), the holding company for The Simsbury Bank & Trust Company, Inc. today in pricing a $8.4 million offering of 400,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $21.00 per share.