This alert is part of Holland & Knight's Garden State Initiative, a firmwide effort to enhance coordination among attorneys, clients and professional networks with ties to New Jersey to foster greater collaboration across...more
8/14/2025
/ Agricultural Land ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Debt Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Farms ,
Financial Institutions ,
Governor Murphy ,
Medical Debt ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
New Legislation ,
Residential Property Owners ,
Transfer Taxes
Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can...more
7/10/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Lenders ,
Licensing Rules ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Insufficient funds transactions occur when consumers issue a payment order (a check, some other written order or an electronic debit) against funds in their bank account, and the account lacks sufficient funds to cover the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on July 10, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would require servicers to more intently assist borrowers throughout a "loss mitigation review cycle" before being permitted to...more
7/25/2024
/ Borrowers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Default ,
Financial Distress ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulation X ,
Regulatory History ,
RESPA
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently published two final rules revising its Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage Rule (ATR/QM Rule). The principal purpose of these final rules is to avoid anticipated...more
In an important new development, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Oct. 7, 2020, announced that it has rescinded Compliance Bulletin No. 2015-15 (Bulletin) regarding the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act...more
A number of diverse stakeholders gathered at George Mason University (GMU) on Nov. 18, 2019, to participate in a program entitled "Consumer Debt in America: What Would Rate Caps and Student Loan Forgiveness Mean?" The debate,...more
12/3/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Community Banks ,
Consumer Financial Contracts ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt ,
Department of Education ,
FDIC ,
Federal Grants ,
Federal Loans ,
FinTech ,
Government-Guaranteed Loans ,
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) ,
Interest Rates ,
Military Lending Act ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Policy ,
Student Loans ,
Usury