The DFPI concluded a regulation with Florida-based point-of-sale lender Four Technologies, Inc., in which the company agreed to stop making loans, pay $2,500 in penalties, obtain a license and repay $13,065 in illegal charges.

These refunds represent fees that Four Technologies collected from consumers in connection with transactions concluded by the DFPI as illegal loans. Under the settlement, Four Technologies will only make future loans to California residents after obtaining a license from the California Finance Act (CFL).

At the end of 2021, the DFPI reported on the skip to products buy now, pay later, and an increase in consumer use of Buy Now, Pay Later products is attracting the attention of regulators. The DFPI continues to lead the way in oversight, clarifying late last year that BNPL products are loans and that companies offering them must comply with California state lending rules.

The DFPI continues to investigate other companies offering Buy Now, Pay Later products. In 2020, the DFPI (formerly Department of Business Oversight) entered into similar agreements with companies Buy Now, Pay Later Quadruple payment, Sezzle, US Postpayand Klarna, Inc..

The DFPI licenses and regulates financial services, including state chartered banks and credit unions, money issuers, stock brokers, investment advisers, non-bank installment lenders, lenders payday, mortgage lenders and managers, escrow companies, franchisors, etc.