On May 30, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took the rare step of asking the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to vacate the CFPB’s own final rule implementing Section 1033 of the...more
6/6/2025
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On January 10, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) initiated rulemaking processes to examine and create a framework regarding data privacy and consumer protections in the digital payments industry. In a...more
1/17/2025
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report on November 12, 2024, examining state and federal privacy protections for consumer financial data....more
On September 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a circular explaining that financial institutions may violate the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and its implementing regulation, Regulation...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved an amendment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Safeguards Rule to require certain covered financial institutions to report a broad range of data...more
On April 24, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a joint statement affirming that...more
On April 3, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a policy statement articulating a new framework for analyzing conduct that it considers “abusive” in violation of federal law. The CFPB until now has...more
On March 30, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its long-awaited small business lending rule, which requires companies issuing a wide array of commercial credit products to small businesses to begin...more
Background On Friday, March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver and...more
On June 29, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion declaring that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits debt collectors from collecting “pay-to-pay” or convenience fees...more