The CFPB has posted new job openings for technologists to work with its supervision and enforcement teams. The CFPB is seeking experts in data science, software engineering, product design, product management, and user...more
The CFPB has published its Spring 2022 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda’s preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current...more
The CFPB has issued an interpretive rule on the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s preemption provisions. The rule’s narrow reading of those provisions appears intended to encourage and support state legislative...more
CFPB rulemaking was the subject of a new blog post by Director Chopra published last week titled “Rethinking the approach to regulations.”...more
The CFPB’s new blog post titled “Buy Now, Pay Later and Credit Reporting” appears intended to send a message about the CFPB’s expectations to industry. ...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in CFPB v. CashCall, has rejected CashCall’s constitutional challenge, affirmed the district court’s finding that the corporate defendants and its CEO were liable for engaging...more
Under Director Chopra’s leadership, the CFPB has regularly been sounding alarms about the potential for discrimination arising from the use of so-called “black box” credit models that use algorithms or other artificial...more
The CFPB announced earlier this week that as part of a new approach to innovation in consumer finance, it is replacing its Office of Innovation and Operation Catalyst with a new office, the Office of Competition and...more
The CFPB has issued a new interpretive rule regarding the authority of state attorneys general and state regulators (State Officials) to enforce the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). ...more
The CFPB recently issued its annual fair lending report covering its fair lending activity in 2021. ...more
The CFPB has issued a new advisory opinion “to affirm that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B protect those actively seeking credit and those who sought and received credit.”...more
The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the CFPB’s enforcement action against All American Check Cashing can proceed despite the unconstitutionality of the CFPB’s...more
The CFPB and the New York Attorney General have filed a lawsuit in a New York federal district court against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MoneyGram) in which they allege that MoneyGram...more
The CFPB has announced that it plans to invoke its “dormant authority” to supervise nonbanks engaged in conduct that poses risk to consumers. In conjunction with the announcement, the CFPB issued a procedural rule concerning...more
The CFPB has issued its annual Fair Debt Collection Practices Act report covering the CFPB’s debt collection activities in 2021. The report incorporates information from the FTC’s most recent annual letter to the CFPB...more
The CFPB has issued a report titled “Credit card late fees” that discusses the consumer impact of late fees by card type, credit score, and geography, and market reliance on late fees. (Late fees are also among the fees at...more