As discussed here, on April 26, the Texas Bankers Association (TBA), the American Bankers Association (ABA), and Rio Bank, McAllen, Texas (Rio Bank) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...more
8/10/2023
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Community Banks ,
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd ,
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Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Funding ,
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Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 1071 ,
Trade Associations
As discussed here, on January 4, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General (NY AG) filed a joint complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against...more
8/9/2023
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Attorney General ,
Automotive Loans ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Federal Funding ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
New York ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays
In our latest episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis and his colleagues Stefanie Jackman, Joe Reilly, and Jonathan Floyd discuss the CFPB’s advisory opinion related to collection of time-barred debt. The...more
As discussed here, on April 26, the Texas Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association (ABA), and Rio Bank, McAllen, Texas (Rio Bank) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas...more
8/1/2023
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Federal Funding ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Injunctive Relief ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 1071
On July 27, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new blog post, positing that cashflow data, broadly defined as the various inflows, outflows, and accumulated amounts in a consumer’s checking and savings...more
7/31/2023
/ Checking Accounts ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit ,
Credit Scores ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Loan Repayment Issues ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Savings Accounts ,
Self-Reporting ,
Underwriting
On July 26, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released the summer edition of its Supervisory Highlights report, providing a high-level overview of alleged unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or...more
7/28/2023
/ Automated Clearing House (ACH) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgages ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Supervisory Highlights ,
UDAAP
As recently discussed on our podcast here, section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require lenders to collect...more
7/26/2023
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Data Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Section 1071 ,
Small Business Loans
Please join Troutman Pepper Partners Chris Willis and Stefanie Jackman, along with special guest Prodigal Banking Strategy Leader Scott Hamilton for a discussion about how voice AI and machine learning contribute to more...more
As discussed here, on October 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held that the CFPB’s funding...more
7/12/2023
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Article I ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS
On July 7th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Treasury (collectively, the agencies) jointly issued a Request for Information (Request)...more
Please join Troutman Pepper attorneys Chris Willis, Keith Barnett, Carlin McCrory, and Josh McBeain in announcing the Payments Pros Podcast — our new podcast providing insights for those in the payments law industry. This...more
As shown by a new report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is focusing its fair lending work on mortgage origination and pricing, small business lending, redlining, and the use of artificial...more
7/10/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
ECOA ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages ,
NCUA ,
Redlining
s recently discussed on our podcast here, section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require lenders to collect...more
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and colleagues Keith Barnett, Carlin McCrory, and Josh McBeain as they discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) larger participant rule for consumer payments...more
Do companies that use workplace surveillance tools to make hiring and firing decisions risk violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)? According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) in a recent...more
On June 20, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Office of Servicemember Affairs published its Annual Report analyzing complaints submitted by servicemembers, veterans, and their families in 2022. The...more
6/22/2023
/ Annual Reports ,
Consumer Complaint Management ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Military Service Members ,
Mobile Apps ,
Regulation E ,
UDAAP
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has signaled that it intends to propose a rule that would allow it to exercise supervisory authority over a greater number of nonbank financial companies that...more
As recently discussed on our podcast, section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require lenders to collect...more
6/14/2023
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Reporting ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 1071 ,
Small Business Loans
On June 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a request for information (RFI) to gain additional insight into how it can optimize joint enforcement with state attorneys general (state AGs) to protect consumers from...more
Please join Troutman Pepper Partners Chris Willis and Jason Cover as they discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recent special edition Supervisory Highlights focused on “junk fees.” Chris and Jason dive...more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report analyzing the use of chatbots in consumer finance and the impact on customer service. The report notes that financial institutions are increasingly...more
With a roll-out led by Vice President Harris, the federal financial services regulators have released the long-awaited proposed automated valuation model (AVM) rule, referencing both home appraisal bias in mortgage lending...more
6/5/2023
/ Appraisal ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Property Valuation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Secondary Markets
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Mark Furletti, Joe Reilly, and Christine Emello for the last installment of a special three-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s...more
5/30/2023
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Collection ,
ECOA ,
EFTA ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Licensing Rules ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP
As recently discussed on our podcast here, section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require lenders to collect...more
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Stefanie Jackman, Caleb Rosenberg, and Chris Capurso for the second installment of our special two-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection...more