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On May 12, the CFPB terminated a consent order against a credit financing arm of a large motor vehicle company for violations related to the CFPA and FCRA. ...more
On December 9, the CFPB issued a consent order against a debt collector following allegations of unfair and abusive practices regarding its collection of student loan debt allegedly violating the CFPA and the FDCPA. The CFPB...more
On November 7, 2024, the CFPB announced that it had entered into a consent order with a major credit union resolving allegations that the credit union improperly assessed overdraft fees against consumers. The credit...more
On August 21, 2024, the CFPB issued a Consent Order against the Company citing alleged failure to provide accurate information about loss mitigation options and improper handling of loan modifications. The Consent Order...more
On August 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a Florida-based mortgage servicer, resolving allegations related to the mortgage servicer’s...more
FirstCash, a national pawnshop chain, is asking a federal judge to confirm that it has a statutory defense to all of the CFPB’s claims that it violated the Military Lending Act (MLA) while also asking the judge to drop three...more
On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a national bank, resolving allegations related to the bank’s auto lending practices....more
On June 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced that it has entered into consent orders with two companies totaling $16.5 million in civil penalties and consumer redress,...more
In a move that's sure to make nonbank financial institutions even more uncomfortable, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has decided to shine a brighter light on those that have been alleged to violate consumer...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has issued a circular warning covered persons that including unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in consumer contracts can violate the prohibition on...more
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 May 7, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a financial technology company, resolving allegations that the company committed unfair acts or practices...more
The CFPB entered into a consent order with a for-profit vocational school that offered coding programs using income-share agreements ("ISAs") as tuition financing options. Unlike conventional student loans, ISAs are products...more
On February 29, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-01, Preferencing and steering practices by digital intermediaries for consumer financial products or...more
Welcome to the Credit, Debit, or Prepaid Cards and Consumer Banking chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - We expect continued focus by the CFPB on “junk”...more
On November 8, 2023, the CFPB and a national bank entered into a consent order to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in intentional discrimination against Armenian Americans who had applied for credit cards...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
On September 11, 2023, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against a Nonbank Consumer Finance Company, with its principal place of business in Manchester, New Hampshire. The order alleges that the Company concealed...more
In May 2019, the CFPB initially sued six associated companies for allegedly violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act's prohibition against deceptive practices and the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR")....more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the auto finance industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more
In this month's Top 10 article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the December 21, 2022, webinar. So, what happened last month?...more
On December 20, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a large national bank to resolve alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s...more
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
On December 20, 2022, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against a National Bank headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In the order, the CFPB detailed three ways that the Bank allegedly violated the Consumer...more
On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a California-based mortgage servicer concerning its purported failure to provide certain borrowers...more