File a Complaint about a financial product, service or institution that we supervise.
Learn more about licensing, applications and electronic submission via our portal.
How Do I...
- Obtain a lien release on a vehicle?
- File a FOIL request?
- Serve Process on the Superintendent?
- Find Unclaimed Funds?
- File a 90-Day Foreclosure Notice?
- Obtain approval to use certain words in a corporation title?
- Learn about Tenant's Rights in Foreclosure?
- Learn about mortgage escrow accounts?
Press Releases
- February 27, 2015: DFS Issues Regulatory Guidance To Financial Institutions On Identifying And Stopping Elder Financial Abuse
- February 8, 2015: NYDFS Announces New, Targeted Cyber Security Assessments For Insurance Companies
- February 5, 2015: Governor Cuomo Announces Wells Fargo To Pay $4 Million For Violations On Credit Card Accounts At Former Affiliate
- December 22, 2014: NYDFS Announces Bank Leumi to Pay $130 Million; Terminate and Ban Individual Employees, Admit Violations of Banking Law for Assisting Tax Evasion by U.S. Clients
- December 22, 2014: NYDFS Announces Ocwen Chairman To Resign From Firm And Related Companies; Ocwen To Provide Direct Homeowner Relief And Undertake Significant Operational Reforms
For more news releases and related media, visit our DFS News Room.
Recent Developments
- February 25, 2015: Superintendent Lawsky’s Remarks On Financial Regulation In New York City At Columbia Law School
- February 4, 2015: Revised BitLicense Regulatory Framework
- December 10, 2014: Letter to Banks on Cyber Security Examination Process (PDF)
- December 04, 2014: Industry Letter: Updated Final Guidelines for Bank Lending to Multifamily Properties Under the Community Reinvestment Act (PDF)
- March 11, 2014: NYDFS Issues Public Order On Virtual Currency Exchanges
- Public Order (PDF)
- February 06, 2014: Banking Division Industry Letter: FS-ISAC Participation Recommended For All NYS-Chartered Depository Institutions
INITIATIVES
DFS protects consumers from illegal payday loans and the debt collectors who attempt to collect on them.
The SPU was formed to enhance consumer protections for NY students, and help them build financially sound futures.
Virtual Currencies (PDF)
DFS has launched an inquiry into appropriate regulatory guidelines for virtual currencies.
DFS assists homeowners already in foreclosure or at risk of foreclosure as part of a statewide initiative.
More DFS Initiatives...
- Disaster Assistance:
(800) 339-1759 - Disaster Resource Center
Alerts
- Anthem (Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield) Data Security Breach - What You Need To Know
- Alert for Customers of Condor Capital Corporation - Receiver Appointed
- Holocaust Claims Fund Letter Hoax
- Hotline To Report Misconduct At New York's Public Pension Funds, Including Misconduct By Pension Consultants
- Payday Lending in New York: What You Need to Know
