Natasha Dempsey

Associate

Natasha Dempsey

Associate

Natasha Dempsey is an experienced consumer financial services attorney, advising traditional banks, non-depository financial institutions, and other clients on a wide range of regulatory and transactional issues. Based in our Denver office, Natasha is a member of the firm’s Consumer Law, Finance & Class Action Practice Group as well as the Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Team.

Natasha counsels clients on regulatory, supervisory, enforcement, corporate, and compliance matters before all major federal and state financial regulatory agencies. She has substantial experience counseling clients regarding compliance with federal and state consumer lending laws, including the Community Reinvestment Act, Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, “fair lending,” the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and other federal and state unfair trade practice and consumer protection laws. She also handles regulatory enforcement actions and provides general compliance counseling for lenders (banks and non-banks), servicers, and consumer reporting agencies.

Natasha provides consumer finance and general consumer protection counseling for businesses desiring to leverage artificial intelligence in their lending, as well as those businesses using tokenization and crypto currency. Natasha also provides consumer finance and general compliance advice related to financial inclusion and ESG matters.

Natasha has experience advising on commercial and consumer fintech products and arrangements, including strategic partnerships, alternative finance, lending, merchant cash advance, earned wage access, income share agreements, and payments products.

Affiliations

  • Member of the American Bar Association
  • Member of the National Association of Women Lawyers

Presentations and Publications

  • Panel Speaker, “Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act,” Strafford Webinar (2022)
  • Panel Speaker, “Prudential Regulation and Supervision,” American Bar Association (ABA) Banking Law Committee Meeting (2021)
  • Panel Speaker, “Community Reinvestment Act Reform,” Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA) 2018 Fall Workshop Legal and Compliance Panel (2018)
  • Panel Speaker, “Trends in Community Engagement by Financial Services Companies,” American Bar Association Business Law Section 2018 Spring Meeting (2018)
17 May 2024 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

Supreme Court Rules That the CFPB Is Constitutionally Funded

On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit decision which held that the funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated the Appropriations Clause.
10 May 2024 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

CFPB Announces Proposed Rule Regarding Nonsufficient Funds Fees

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a Proposed Rule aimed at blocking nonsufficient funds fees on debit card, ATM, and certain peer-to-peer payment transactions that financial institutions decline in real time.
10 May 2024 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

Legal Decision Expected Today Regarding Implementation of CFPB Rule Reducing Credit Card Late Fees

On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that would reduce credit card late fees to $8 for large credit card issuers
05 April 2024 Viewpoints

SEC Voluntarily Stays Final Rule on Climate Disclosures

On April 4, 2024, the SEC issued an order staying the Final Rule for the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors that it released not more than a month before, to require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and annual reports.
08 March 2024 Viewpoints

SEC’s Slimmed Down Climate-Related Disclosures Finally Adopted

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted regulations that will require public companies to file mandatory climate-related disclosures with the SEC beginning in 2026.
11 January 2024 Innovative Technology Insights

SEC Greenlights Bitcoin ETFs: What Happened and What It Portends

The SEC’s approval of BTC ETFs opens the door to new investors in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.