The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features the CFPB dropping most of its caseload, several states’ decisions to pick up the slack, and...more
7/10/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Oversight
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features why the CFPB’s open banking rule is under fire, a convenience fee that steals your lunch...more
12/20/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fees ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Nonbank Firms ,
Open Banking
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more
8/7/2024
/ Asset Management ,
Blockchain ,
Capital Markets ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fees ,
FHFA ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Freddie Mac ,
Home Equity Line of Credit ,
Investors ,
Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Pilot Programs ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Securities ,
Securitization ,
UK
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, a pair of processors failing to process...more
12/13/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Bitcoin ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Cards ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers
A&B Abstract: When litigating in federal court, government agencies are not exempt from the rules of discovery. The Eleventh Circuit reminded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) of this in its recent decision...more
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, crypto going bankrupt, and banks are paying for...more
5/26/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
IRS
A&B Abstract: In November, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in connection with the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Community Financial, which held that the CFPB’s...more
A&B Abstract: On September 29, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), sued MoneyLion Technologies Inc. and 37 of its subsidiaries (“MoneyLion”) in New York federal court for violations of the Military...more
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payment industry, features FinTechs and nonbanks facing regulatory scrutiny, MCA lenders fighting a pair of beastie lawsuits, and a...more
Debt collectors can expect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission to be active regulators in the Biden Administration, especially during – and in the wake of – the COVID-19 pandemic. Our...more
Our Financial Services Litigation Team examines the latest effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to crack down on deceptive and unfair acts and practices – is it a harbinger of things to come under the Biden...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate and improve coordination between the agencies. The CFPB and...more
A&B ABstract: The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be drafting the attention to consumer protection regulators to products that were active after the 2008 recession....more
Our financial services teams analyze how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is responding to consumer complaints about mortgage and credit card terms during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Our Financial Services Litigation Team dives into the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....more
A&B ABstract:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) issued a Policy Statement to provide a framework for how it intends to apply the Dodd-Frank Act’s “abusiveness” standard going forward in its...more
A&B ABstract: On October 18, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Seila Law v. CFPB to decide the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure....more