Regulatory Rollback: CFPB’s Withdrawal of Informal Guidance Sparks New Litigation Dynamics – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB’s FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB's FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — FCRA Focus Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The Great Debate of Loans vs. Credit Sales — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Impact on Industry of CFPB's Withdrawal of Fair Lending and UDAAP Informal Guidance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 2
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Fair Lending Shake-Ups: CFPB Vacates Townstone Settlement, FHFA Ends GSEs' Special Purpose Credit Programs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
Podcast - Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Consumer Protection Law Enforcement
The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
The CFPB released its semiannual Unified Rulemaking Agenda update on Aug. 15, 2025, outlining its rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory updates twice per year reflecting the agency's plans to propose, finalize...more
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
The CFPB published four advanced notices for proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on Aug. 8, 2025. Each notice seeks comment from experts within the automobile financing, international money transfer, consumer...more
On July 10, 2025, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) with a private student loan lender (the Company), resolving allegations that the Company's underwriting practices...more
Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can...more
On May 30, the CFPB and a national pawn store operator filed a joint status report in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas announcing that they have reached an agreement to resolve a 2021 Bureau lawsuit...more
On May 22, an installment lender disclosed in a securities filing that the CFPB recently withdrew a 2023 order designating the company for supervision. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB claimed special oversight...more
On May 27, the CFPB submitted its motion to dismiss a lawsuit with prejudice filed against a lease-to-own finance company and several other entities. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB sued the lease-to-own finance...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced a significant shift in its enforcement priorities, choosing not to prioritize actions related to Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans under the Truth in Lending...more
On April 24, the CFPB filed a memorandum in support of a consent motion to withdraw as a plaintiff in its enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case involves the CFPB and the...more
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have included dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has retreated from many of its enforcement litigations, initiated reductions in force...more
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
On April 1, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a joint motion filed by the CFPB and the defendants, a consumer lender and its subsidiaries, in a case alleging the defendants violated the...more
Just two days before its Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans final rule was slated to go into effect (and eight years after it was finalized), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more
On March 24, U.S. SDNY released its opinion and order granting dismissal, in part, with respect to counts two through five (and related claims under count six) in a case the CFPB brought against a loan company group (the...more
The CFPB has recently dismissed two more enforcement actions—one against a major credit reporting agency and another against a lease-to-own financing provider. Both lawsuits involved allegations of abusive, unfair, and...more
On March 10, 2025, the CFPB informed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas that it will proceed with litigation against a short-term installment lender and its subsidiary for alleged violations of the...more
On March 7, the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) and the Consumer Service Alliance of Texas filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn a decision by the...more
On March 10, the CFPB submitted a status report to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas advising it will continue to pursue a lawsuit against a consumer lender and its subsidiary for alleged violations...more
On March 3, a lending company and its affiliates petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for rehearing of a January ruling that upheld a $134 million restitution order in favor of the CFPB (covered by...more
Recently, the New York Fed’s released a report titled, “Credit Insecurity in the United States, 2018-2023,” which examined the state of credit security across the U.S. over a five-year period. It introduced the Credit...more
The landscape of consumer financial services is shifting, driven by a broader deregulatory trend at the federal level. In this environment, companies must still address federal consumer financial law compliance and navigate a...more
On February 28, the CFPB submitted a letter to the U.S. SDNY advising it will continue to pursue a lawsuit from 2022 alleging a lender violated the Military Lending Act and UDAAP provisions of the CFPA. As previously covered...more
On February 21, the CFPB voluntarily dismissed its case against an online lending platform, ending a suit filed in May 2024. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB sued the platform last spring, alleging it violated the...more
In the last few years, state legislatures have enacted legislation to curtail online bank lending in response to advocacy efforts by consumer activists. Such programs, in which nonbank financial technology companies...more