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Financial Services Focus

Mayer Brown"s Financial Services Focus podcast offers insight from our lawyers on the pivotal trends currently shaping the financial services industry. Topics include regulation leading up to the US election, impactful state laws, vendor risk, cybersecurity, structured finance, private credit investments, M&A activity, digital assets, fee lawsuits, AI discrimination claims, and commercial mortgage issues. Financial Services Focus also provides a UK/European perspective, analyzing parallels and

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22:47

End of the Penny: A Nickel for Your Thoughts?

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/11/12

The United States has had a one cent coin since the founding of the nation and on Wednesday, November 12, the last American penny will be minted. Even though the relative value of one cent declined to the point that many would forego picking pennies up from the street, the concept of a cent remains a key part of commercial transactions. In the absence of legislation, the official, financial and commercial sectors have been left to their creativity to implement with the phase-out of the penny. This

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17:04

CUM-EX and Dividend Arbitrage – Update on Developments

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/10/23

Dividend arbitrage is a long-standing, historic issue in the financial services industry. It continues to impact businesses in numerous jurisdictions across Europe and has the potential to affect more- including in the United States- following recent successful lawsuits involving pension funds. This episode of our Financial Services Focus updates on developments following our June 2025 webinar.

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23:37

Financial Crime Compliance Requirements for Stablecoins

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/10/13

The podcast dives into the fast-evolving world of stablecoins, explaining how these dollar-pegged digital assets are transforming payments with speed, transparency, and fractional flexibility. We also delve into the GENIUS Act’s bold framework, which would create bespoke AML and sanctions obligations for permitted payment stablecoin issuers—moving beyond the awkward “square peg, round hole” of legacy rules.

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12:16

Regulatory Reset: New Risks and Shifting Enforcement...

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/09/02

In this episode of the Financial Services Focus Podcast, we’ll examine changes in federal enforcement actions, financial penalties, and what these signal for the future under the Trump Administration. Additionally, we discuss the emergence of new risks—such as the expanded use of the False Claims Act in areas like DEI lawsuits, tariff evasion, and healthcare fraud.

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19:03

Current Mortgage & PropTech M&A Trends

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/08/06

In this episode, our host Lauren Pryor is joined by Chris Gough and Michael Linger from Houlihan Lokey to discuss recent trends in Mortgage M&A, including consolidation among originators and servicers and developments in PropTech.

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16:20

FinCEN’s First Strike: New Section 311 Powers Target...

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/07/18

In this episode, host Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss the recent actions by FinCEN, which designated three Mexican financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under the expanded Section 311 authority, strengthened by the Fend Off Fentanyl Act. This designation aims to disrupt fentanyl-related financial crime by prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from processing transactions involving these entities. The discussion highlights the broader U.S. government effort to combat

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10:16

Sandbagging in Delaware M&A: Court Rulings and Deal...

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/06/05

In this episode of Financial Services Focus, Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss a recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion that reinforces Delaware's pro-sandbagging stance in M&A transactions. This conversation covers the implications of this ruling, particularly regarding the interpretation of representations and warranties, the use of transaction multiples for calculating damages, and key takeaways for buyers and sellers in Delaware M&A transactions.

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14:22

M&A Mortgage Tech

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/03/27

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus, with partner Lauren Pryor, co-lead of the Financial Services Product Team, and Brad Peterson, a partner at the firm’s Chicago office and member of the Technology & IP Transactions practice. They are joined by John Guzzo and Ted Conway, Managing Directors at KBW, to dive into the evolving world of mortgage servicing technology trends. Together, they discuss the latest trends in mortgage servicing M&A, the mortgage tech landscape, outsourcing

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18:28

FCRA in Focus

Financial Services Focus ·

2025/01/27

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Eric Mitzenmacher and associate Kerri Webb, as they discuss the CFPB's recently proposed FCRA rulemaking, which, if finalized as proposed, would affect the availability and use of certain information about consumers—particularly with respect to data brokers. In this episode, we provide some background on the proposed data broker rule, the CFPB's goals for the proposal, and the potential impacts of the rule if enacted.

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FinCEN Confirms Suspension of Corporate Transparency Act

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/12/16

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partners Gina Parlovecchio and Matthew Bisanz, and associate Kelly Truesdale, as they discuss FinCEN’s recent confirmation that reporting companies are not required to file beneficial ownership reports for as long as the current nationwide injunction of the CTA remains in effect. In this episode, we cover how we got here, the court's reasoning for this decision, the next steps the government is likely to take, and what companies can do to

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08:39

Corporate Loans and Real Estate in Germany

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/12/09

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focuswith partner Martin Heuber, leader of the German office's Banking & Finance practice. In this episode, we discuss the impact of current events in Europe on the private debt market in Germany, particularly how these developments are affecting the quality of transactions handled by alternative lenders, and why debt funds are entering the market right now. We also explore the regulatory barriers lenders encounter when entering the market and provide

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13:27

Warehouse Transactions

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/11/25

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Susannah Schmid and associate Jenna Siebold from Mayer Brown's Banking & Finance practice in Chicago, as they discuss the traditional plain-vanilla structure for mortgage loan warehousing, shifts and trends they are seeing in this structure, and key considerations when transitioning to SPV LLCs and trusts as repo counterparties.

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25:47

Developments in UK/EU Collective Actions

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/11/11

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with Mayer Brown partners Airlie Goodman (London) and Archis Parasharami (Washington, DC), who co-lead Mayer Brown’s class action and collective actions practice, as they explore the growing risks posed by the rise of collective action regimes across the UK and Europe. Airlie and Archis discuss the need for financial services institutions with a presence in the UK or EU to be aware of their potential exposure to these regimes.

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22:44

Recent Developments in the Payment Industry

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/10/28

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with Mayer Brown Partner, David Beam, and Houlihan Lokey Managing Director, Kartik Sudeep. Beam and Sudeep discuss developments in the payments industry, real-time payments and cross-border transactions, alongside concerns about fraud and the evolving regulatory landscape the integration of FinTech and banks, regulatory compliance's impact on acquisitions.

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24:03

MSR Deal Points Q&A

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/09/03

In this episode of Financial Services Focus, Eric Edwardson, Lauren Pryor and Chris Smith discuss selected key terms of purchase and sale agreements for residential mortgage servicing rights, exploring the typical perspectives and concerns of buyers and sellers.

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18:23

Consumer Arbitration in the US

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/07/30

Join us for the latest episode of Financial Services Focus as Andy Demko and Archis Parasharami discuss how consumer arbitration became popular among U.S. businesses in response to class actions from the late 90s onward. The 2011 Supreme Court ruling in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion changed how arbitration waive class actions under federal law. They examine the emergence of mass arbitration and how leveraging technology has presented new challenges.

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27:39

Cybersecurity Regulations on the March - Part 2

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/07/24

Mayer Brown Partners Ana Bruder, Justin Herring, and Oliver Yaros focus on cybersecurity risks and regulations in the EU and UK. They explore third-party risks, ransomware incidents, and the impact of AI, while examining how DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) reshapes compliance for financial institutions. They emphasize the critical need for risk management frameworks and highlight the evolving landscape of cybersecurity governance.

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06:12

Fed Chair Powell's Update on Basel Endgame

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/07/11

Join us for the latest episode of Financial Services Focus for a discussion of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s recent Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee. Andrew Olmem and Jeff Taft dive into Powell’s insights regarding the future of the Basel endgame proposal and the long-term debt proposal.

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22:54

Considerations for MSR Fund Investments

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/06/18

Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Eric Edwardson, Haukur Gudmundsson and Krista Cooley dive into considerations for MSR (Mortgage Servicing Rights) fund investments and outline the complexities of MSR fund investments, touching on market structures, licensing requirements, and acquisition strategies. They discuss the trade-offs between building or buying servicing platforms and explores various methods for acquiring MSR assets, such as loan origination and

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13:43

What To Know About Home Equity Products

Financial Services Focus ·

2024/05/29

Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Holly Spencer Bunting and Darius Horton delve into the rising popularity of home equity products, discussing how these offerings provide homeowners with cash without requiring monthly payments, outlining the financing challenges and regulatory considerations involved.

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