The CFPB Takes Action Against VyStar Credit Union
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Chris Willis Discusses the 2023 CFS Year in Review and A Look Ahead
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Biden Admin “Junk Fees” Initiative Continues: What the Latest Actions Mean for the Consumer Financial Services and Rental Housing Industries, Pt 1
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Policy Statement on Abusive Acts and Practices Under the Consumer Financial Protection Act
A Look at Recent Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Initiatives Concerning Privacy and Data Security
On June 29, an intervenor-defendant, a fintech association, filed a motion for summary judgment urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to uphold the CFPB’s Section 1033 rule. The fintech...more
Certain financial technology (FinTech) firms will soon be subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, and should be prepared accordingly....more
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, a pair of processors failing to process...more
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its long-awaited proposed rule to implement Section 1033 of the 2010 Consumer Financial Protection Act, which has come to be known as the “open banking” provision...more
On October 17, 2023, the CFPB took action against a nonbank fintech Company providing international money transfer services for alleged EFTA, Regulation E, and CFPA violations. The fintech Company operates throughout the...more
HIGHLIGHTS: CFPB fined the Fintech Company $2.7 million and ordered that it make at least $68,145 in consumer redress for overdraft fees and other costs incurred by consumers. The Fintech Company neither admitted nor denied...more
The Connecticut Department of Banking (“Department”) has issued a temporary cease and desist order (“Order”) that directs SoLo Funds, Inc., (“SoLo”) a fintech company that uses peer-to-peer technology to assist consumers in...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more
The announcement by the Office of Comptroller of Currency that it will allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for national bank charters as way of fostering “responsible innovation” has already drawn fire...more