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CFPB Reviewing Automobile Financing Larger Participant Rule

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is inviting comment on whether the 2015 larger participant rule for automobile financing remains the right measure of market significance. Comments are due September 22, 2025....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Ruling in the Motor Finance Commissions Litigation

On 1 August 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment on the appeal  from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the UK motor finance commission litigation — being the joined cases of Johnson v. FirstRand...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Courts, Coins and Collateral, August 2025 - UK Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Ruling in the Motor Finance Commissions Litigation

On 1 August 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment on the appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the UK motor finance commission litigation — being the joined cases of Johnson v. FirstRand...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Supreme Court Issues Its Decision in Hopcraft Motor Finance Commission Appeal

In what was a significant decision for the automotive industry, the Supreme Court has allowed the lenders' appeal in part in its much-anticipated judgment relating to lender liability for the payment of third-party broker...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast

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In this episode, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso delve into the latest TransUnion report on credit industry insights for the fourth quarter of 2024. With auto finance trends revealing rising loan-to-value ratios,...more

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Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast

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In this episode of Moving the Metal, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso from Troutman Pepper Locke’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group discuss what dealerships and auto finance companies should prioritize amidst...more

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Consumer groups show support of CFPB’s Auto Finance Data Pilot and urge the Bureau to expand its data collection

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In February 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) announced an auto finance data pilot, where it ordered nine large auto lenders to provide information about their auto lending portfolios....more

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CFPB Reports Troubling Trends in Auto Loan Servicing

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On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new Supervisory Highlights report (Report) that sheds light on the CFPB’s observations and findings of unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in...more

McGlinchey Stafford

An Auto Repossession Avalanche Is Coming: Are You ready?

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. economy is momentous. As businesses across the country shut down to comply with stay-at-home orders, workers have been laid off at a record pace. With unprecedented unemployment...more

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DoD to propose amendment to MLA regulations on auto financing

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The Department of Defense announced in its Fall 2019 rulemaking agenda that it is engaged in proposed rulemaking to amend its Military Lending Act (MLA) regulations, apparently in order to allow non-bank creditors to provide...more

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CFPB Auto Lending Rule May Be on the Way Out

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An Obama-era regulation intended to restrain discriminatory lending practices by automobile lenders appears to be on its way out. On April 18, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the Senate voted to repeal the...more

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Senate Votes to Roll Back Auto Industry Lending Guidance from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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On April 18, the Senate narrowly passed a resolution to roll back certain guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2013 pertaining to auto lending. As previously written about on a Foley & Lardner LLP...more

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CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights Regarding Auto Lending

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued its Supervisory Highlights – Issue 12, Summer 2016 report, addressing, among other industries, automobile origination. The report reflects supervisory...more

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CFPB Continues to Target Add-On Credit Products

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has stepped up its enforcement actions alleging deceptive and unfair practices in marketing and billing for add-on credit protection products. Add-on products have been one of...more

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CFPB Orders Indirect Auto Finance and Title Loan Companies to Pay $48.35 Million in Redress and Penalties For Abusive Debt...

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The CFPB has entered into a consent order with Westlake Services, LLC, an indirect auto finance company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Wilshire Consumer Credit, LLC, for alleged deceptive debt collection practices. The...more

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CFPB Begins Supervising Nonbank Auto Finance Companies

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Beginning August 31, 2015, the CFPB will begin supervising nonbank auto finance companies pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 1090.108. The Final Rule provides that auto finance companies that qualify as “larger participants of a market...more

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Auto Finance Company Agrees to Change Dealer Compensation Policy to Settle CFPB and DOJ Fair Lending Claims

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To resolve charges by the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), American Honda...more

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