An ex parte temporary restraining order has been issued against the participants in a debt relief services scheme that allegedly targeted seniors, including veterans, using a variety of deceptive practices, including falsely...more
7/29/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Debt ,
Debt Relief ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ex Parte ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Scams ,
Statutory Violations ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule ,
TRO ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Veterans
A federal appeals court has nullified the Federal Trade Commission’s amendments to its Negative Option Rule intended to make it easier for people to cancel subscriptions....more
A Texas federal judge has voided a Biden Administration CFPB rule that would have prohibited medical debt in credit reports....more
7/16/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Deregulation ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Medical Debt ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Statutory Authority ,
Trump Administration ,
Vacated
On June 20, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced they are seeking...more
7/10/2025
/ Automated Clearing House (ACH) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Fraud ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Fraud ,
FRB ,
Government Agencies ,
OCC ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Request For Information ,
Zelle
In its motion for a summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the regulation, the CFPB stated it has concluded that the Section 1033 Rule (Rule) exceeds the agency’s statutory authority to create an open banking system...more
6/5/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Open Banking ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Statutory Interpretation
A new Maryland law deems certain earned wage access (EWA) services to be loans. It then subjects those EWA services to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other consumer credit provisions, restricts the acceptance of tips by...more
6/4/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Earned Wage Access ,
Fees ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Maryland ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation making it clear that debt collection emails sent between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. do not violate Florida law....more
6/3/2025
/ Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Florida ,
New Legislation ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Legislatures ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Telecommunications
Alleging that Global Circulation, Inc. (GCI) threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debts they did not owe, the FTC entered into a stipulated order with GCI and its...more
6/2/2025
/ Consent Order ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Injunctions ,
Penalties ,
Permanent Bans ,
Settlement ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The CFPB is planning to repeal its Section 1033 Open Banking Rule, according to a filing in a federal lawsuit challenging the rule. On the same day the Final Rule was issued, the Banking Policy Institute (BPI) and Kentucky...more
5/29/2025
/ Banks ,
Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Open Banking ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
President Trump has signed a resolution nullifying the rule implementing the CFPB’s power to supervise large nonbank financial services providers of general-use digital consumer payment applications....more
5/22/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Deregulation ,
Digital Wallets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Nullification ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Supervision ,
Supervisory Guidance ,
Trump Administration
Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate has voted to nullify a CFPB final rule that would subject large cash apps to the bureau’s supervision....more
3/12/2025
/ Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Deregulation ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinTech ,
Fraud ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Payments ,
Nonbank Firms ,
Payment Systems ,
PayPal ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trump Administration ,
Venmo
Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman announced that the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will no longer publish overdraft and non-sufficient fund (NSF) fee income for individual credit unions with more than $1 billion in...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is further postponing the compliance date requirements to display the FDIC official digital sign on an insured depository institution’s (IDI) digital channels, as well as on...more
3/6/2025
/ Banks ,
Compliance Dates ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FDIC ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Posting Requirements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
Chief Judge Virginia Kendall of the Northern District of Illinois has extended her preliminary injunction prohibiting Illinois from enforcing the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (the “IFPA”) to cover out-of-state...more
2/20/2025
/ Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Federal Credit Unions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Illinois ,
Interchange Fees ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. have introduced bipartisan legislation that could cap credit card interest rates at 10%....more
2/12/2025
/ Annual Percentage Rate (APR) ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Debt ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
House Republicans appear ready to start the Congressional Review Act (CRA) process to attempt to repeal the Biden Administration’s controversial overdraft rule....more
2/10/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deregulation ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Nullification ,
Overdraft Rule ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
On January 30, 2025, the CFPB ordered Wise, an international remittance company, to pay almost $2.5 million in connection with allegations of illegal activities, including advertising inaccurate fees and failing to properly...more
2/4/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EFTA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exchange Rates ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Prepaid Rule ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Remittance Transfer Rule ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The New York State Department of Financial Services has released a proposed rule that would regulate overdraft, non-sufficient funds (NSF), and return deposit item fees charged by banks, trust companies, savings banks,...more
1/29/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Fees ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insufficient Funds ,
NYDFS ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Overdraft Rule ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda
In a 37 page order, Chief Judge Virginia M. Kendall in the Northern District of Illinois determined that the Illinois Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and Illinois Credit Union...more
1/14/2025
/ Article III ,
Banks ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Federal Credit Unions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interchange Fees ,
National Bank Act ,
Payment Systems ,
Preemption ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Standing
The National Credit Union Administration has issued guidance to federal credit unions regarding the consumer harm stemming from certain overdraft and non-sufficient funds (NSF) fee practices. The NCUA will continue to review...more
1/13/2025
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NCUA ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Regulation Z ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Mississippi Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and three banks are seeking a preliminary injunction blocking the CFPB from implementing the...more
12/23/2024
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lack of Authority ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Overdraft Rule ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulation Z ,
Statutory Authority ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The CFPB has issued its long-awaited final rule that covers overdraft policies at financial institutions with at least $10 billion in assets. The final rule offers those financial institutions three options for designing...more
12/17/2024
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lack of Authority ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Overdraft Rule ,
Regulation DD ,
Regulation E ,
Regulation Z ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Statutory Authority ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The CFPB has taken action against Global Tel Link Corporation (GTL) over allegations that the company took millions of dollars from a half-million accounts and blocked money transfers to consumers who are incarcerated. Those...more
12/6/2024
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Money Transfer ,
Prison ,
Prisoners ,
Redress Payments ,
Statutory Violations ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The CFPB has issued a final rule to supervise large nonbank financial services providers that offer general-use digital consumer payment applications such as digital wallets and peer-to-peer payment apps....more
12/6/2024
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Digital Wallets ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mobile Apps ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Supervisory Guidance
On November 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued FIN-2024-Alert004 to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative...more