This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. ...more
7/14/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Lending ,
Lenders ,
Machine Learning ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Student Loans
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have included dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has retreated from many of its enforcement litigations, initiated reductions in force...more
5/5/2025
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Consumer Lenders ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgages ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
Welcome to the “Payday and Small-Dollar Lending” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review.
We expect the level of enforcement and regulatory activity in the payday and short-term...more
On February 20, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a letter warning California-chartered banks and credit unions with assets under $10 billion that charging surprise overdraft fees and returned deposited item...more
Welcome to the Student Lending chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
The CFPB will likely continue to focus on junk fees, nontransparent and other...more
On January 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new proposed rule as part of the CFPB’s broader strategy of targeting junk fees. This proposed rule would “prohibit non-sufficient funds (NSF)...more
On July 17, 2023, Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission and Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced the start of an “informal...more
8/1/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Joint Statements ,
Privacy Laws
On May 11, 2023, the New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced revised proposed adult-use cannabis regulations. The revised regulations contain some significant changes...more
5/18/2023
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Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Comment Period ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recreational Use ,
Retailers ,
State and Local Government
On March 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it had submitted a Final Rule entitled Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard. The Rule reinstates HUD’s 2013 discriminatory...more
On February 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an Advisory Opinion detailing potential RESPA implications for companies that operate online mortgage and settlement service comparison platforms, as well...more