Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
On September 24, 2015, the CFPB and DOJ announced a joint action against Hudson City Savings Bank for allegedly discriminatory redlining practices from 2009 through 2013 in certain neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey,...more
9/29/2015
/ Banking Sector ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Subsidies ,
Training Requirements
BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
On August 15, 2015, the CFPB released its latest “consumer complaint snapshot.” The Bureau’s “snapshots” generally provide updated national complaint information, and further include product and geographic spotlights that...more
8/28/2015
/ Bank of America ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Complaint System ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
CRA ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Equifax ,
Experian ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
TransUnion ,
Wells Fargo
Break out the short shorts everybody: it’s summer! We know you could use a palate cleanser between the 50 Shades novels and Game of Thrones wikis you’re reading on the beach. Supervisory Haiku-lights to the rescue! The Summer...more
6/30/2015
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtor-Creditor ,
ECOA ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Housing Choice Vouchers ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Regulation V ,
Regulation X ,
Section 8
In This Issue:
- Arbitration Report
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
-...more
6/9/2015
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
CashCall ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtor-Creditor ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
TCPA
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy...more
This will be a busy year at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that certainly means it will be a busy year for financial institutions as well.
In addition to exercising its supervisory and enforcement...more
1/26/2015
/ Automotive Loans ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Collection ,
ECOA ,
Financial Institutions ,
HMDA ,
Integrated Disclosures ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulation C ,
RESPA ,
Supervision ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP