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
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that a non-bank residential mortgage loan originator violated the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ("HMDA") by submitting inaccurate...more
On July 11, 2023, the CFPB announced two consent orders against a large national bank, settling allegations that the bank illegally charged consumers multiple non-sufficient fund fees for the same transaction, withheld cash...more
7/12/2023
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fees ,
Regulation Z ,
Returned Check Fees ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
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: CFPB announced an administrative resolution of Consumer Financial Protection Act claims against a regional bank concerning unfair and abusive acts and practices for allegedly charging consumers "surprise...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