As if the saga of litigation involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts (“NCSLT”) that has been going on since 2017 has not been protracted and complicated...more
We have been waiting to see how things are shaking out for the now-beleaguered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). A month out from Trump’s inauguration, we are still in a position of wondering if there will be a...more
Since our last Cabinet News & Views issue on December 19, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has finalized yet another rule, this one addressing the circumstances under which medical bills should be removed...more
On November 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a report called “State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data” that took an uneven look at how Federal financial...more
Checking in on what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has been up to for the last month, in case you missed it (and with some commentary)...more
10/10/2024
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The banking regulators have not yet gone out on vacation, as demonstrated by this grab-bag of announcements, speeches, rules and guidance:
Acting Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...more
7/26/2024
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported its observations on firms’ market abuse surveillance arrangements in the May edition of Market Watch. The newsletter looks at a peer review of surveillance model testing...more
5/17/2024
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As we reported in our Client and Friends memo last month, the Third Circuit published an opinion on March 19th finding that statutory trusts such as those that make up the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts (the “NCSLT...more
On March 19, 2024, the Third Circuit handed down a decision that statutory trusts used as issuing entities for securitizations are considered “covered persons” for purposes of the Consumer Financial Protection Act ("CFPA"),...more
On Tuesday, the Third Circuit, handed down a decision in a case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") and the National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust ("NCMSL") that finds that statutory trusts used...more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced a new proposed rule wherein providers of digital wallets and payment apps would be defined as “Larger Participants” and would become subject to...more
11/10/2023
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced last week the publication of an Advisory Opinion regarding “Consumer Information Requests to Large Banks and Credit Unions.” The Advisory Opinion applies to “large...more
Resulting from a lawsuit by the California Reinvestment Coalition against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in 2019 for its failure to promulgate a small business lending data rule in compliance with the...more
4/10/2023
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In the heat of summer, the nation’s top consumer protection agencies have issued startling and transformative statements and rules regarding data practice.
First up, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently announced that it is going to exercise authority described as “dormant” to supervise nonbanks that are not otherwise subject to the CFPB’s supervision authority....more