In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the July 2025 webinar....more
7/31/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Deregulation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Investigations ,
Inspector General ,
Lenders ,
Medical Debt ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agencies
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the June 2025 webinar....more
6/26/2025
/ Car Dealerships ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collection ,
Deregulation ,
EFTA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reduction of Force
Please join Eric Johnson, Justin Hosie, and Kristen Yarows as they recap recent consumer financial services activities including the CFPB resuming its redress to consumers of a sales-training company, the City of Baltimore...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the January 2025 webinar....more
2/25/2025
/ Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Credit Cards ,
Data Privacy ,
Loan Servicer ,
Mortgages ,
Open Banking ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation Z ,
Seventh Amendment ,
UDAAP
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to companies in FinTech. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was on a tear in the months leading up to the election and the inauguration of...more
2/11/2025
/ Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
FTC Act ,
Risk Management ,
ROSCA ,
State Attorneys General
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to the credit card industry. The year saw the CFPB give a fair amount of attention to credit card products, with a focus on pricing....more
1/30/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Credit Cards ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fee Caps ,
Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interchange Fees ,
Regulation Z ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rewards Programs ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to the auto finance industry....more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the November 2024 webinar....more
12/24/2024
/ Banking Sector ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reports ,
Data Privacy ,
Debit Cards ,
EFTA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
NCUA ,
Overdraft Fees ,
ROSCA ,
Small Business ,
Statutory Authority ,
Student Loans ,
Subscription Services
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the September 2024 webinar....more
On September 13, 2024, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against the company and its owner and CEO, alleging deceptive and abusive acts and practices in violation of the CFPA and violations of TILA and its implementing regulation....more
9/18/2024
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Marketing ,
Regulation Z ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more
7/30/2024
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Information Reports ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Rules ,
Redlining ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
RESPA ,
Reverse Mortgages ,
Small Business
On May 20, 2024, the CFPB announced a settlement with a telemarketing company that offers student loan debt relief services to resolve allegations that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR") and the Consumer...more
On April 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") issued a rule to update its procedures for designating nonbank covered persons for supervision. Section 1024(a)(1)(C) of the Consumer Financial...more
On February 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first decision designating a nonbank lender for supervision based on potential risk to consumers. As the CFPB emphasized in its press release, however,...more
On December 15, 2023, the CFPB announced a settlement with a medical debt collector to resolve allegations that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), its implementing Regulation V, the Fair Debt Collection...more
On November 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that a nonbank installment lender agreed to settle allegations that it was violating a 2019 consent order. The Company is a publicly traded online...more
11/16/2023
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Payday Loans ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On December 22, 2022, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against an International Remittance Company headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. The order alleges that from 2013 until 2021, the International...more
HIGHLIGHTS: The CFPB announced that it is filing a lawsuit against a payday lender for allegedly concealing free repayment plans and making unauthorized debit-card withdrawals. With its allegations of unfair, deceptive, and...more
On March 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced in a press release changes to its supervisory operations that may dramatically expand the reach of the CFPB's anti-discrimination mandate....more
Nonbank lenders, fintech firms, and smaller entities that do not meet the CFPB's threshold of a "larger participant" in defined areas have avoided CFPB supervision, but that is changing. On Monday, the CFPB issued a press...more
HIGHLIGHTS: CFPB announced that it is filing a lawsuit today against a nationwide credit reporting agency, two related companies, and a top executive for violating a January 2017 consent order with the CFPB. ...more
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will examine colleges' in-house lending practices. According to the press release, the CFPB decided to examine institutional lenders because of the...more