Financial institutions: generally; credit reform act; amend to exempt earned wage access services. Amends sec. 2 of 1995 PA 162 (MCL 445.1852). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5558'26

HB 5566 amends Michigan's Credit Reform Act to exempt businesses providing earned wage access services from being classified as "regulated lenders." This directly affects companies offering short-term advances on earned wages (like early paycheck access), removing them from certain financial regulations. The key provision adds a new definition in the law stating that "regulatory lender" does not include entities licensed under Michigan's Earned Wage Access Services Act. This change reduces regulatory burdens for these specific businesses by excluding them from the act's requirements for lenders.