Lender license requirements recently included in the New York governor's proposed 2017-2018 budget would expand the jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to cover many financial technology (FinTech) credit-lending companies that are currently exempt from license requirements. The proposed budget would prohibit businesses that are not registered as licensed lenders from making personal loans with a principal of $25,000 or less, and commercial loans of $50,000 or less, regardless of interest rate. Current New York state banking law only requires a license if the charged interest rate is above 16 percent. The budget would additionally apply the licensing requirement not only to any company that solicits and "makes, purchases or acquires" loans for New York residents, but also to any that "arranges or facilitates" the origination of such loans.
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