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
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed its decision to withdraw the proposed rule titled “Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V)” in the Federal Register....more
Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate has voted to nullify a CFPB final rule that would subject large cash apps to the bureau’s supervision....more
On February 26, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter addressed to the presidents and chief executive officers of two financial industry trade organizations. The...more
On February 11, 189 congressional Democrats sent a letter to Acting Director Russell Vought of the CFPB and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressing concerns regarding the involvement of DOGE at the CFPB and the orders to...more
On Saturday, February 1, Rohit Chopra was dismissed as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with Secretary Scott Bessent appointed as Acting Director that same day. The following weekend, Office of...more
Seventeen financial services trade groups are calling on the CFPB to abandon its plan to amend rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to vastly expand the scope of the FCRA by redefining what a “consumer report” is...more
Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Eric Mitzenmacher and associate Kerri Webb, as they discuss the CFPB's recently proposed FCRA rulemaking, which, if finalized as proposed, would affect the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather insights on how companies offering financial products and services collect, use, and monetize consumer payment and personal...more
The CFPB has published a proposed rule that would ban companies from using contract clauses that the bureau said limit fundamental freedom, including those that waive a consumer’s legal rights and fine print that suppresses...more
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) anticipates a shift in its leadership with the incoming administration of President Trump, the Bureau has released a report titled “Strengthening State-Level...more
What Happened? Last week the CFPB issued an Order recognizing the Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (“FDX”) as the first standard setting body (“SSO”) under the CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule (the “Rule”). The Rule...more
The CFPB has issued its final rule that will prohibit the inclusion of medical debts in credit reports lenders use to make credit decisions and that will also generally prohibit lenders from using medical debt information in...more
The CFPB has finalized a rule amending regulations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to address the use and reporting of medical information in credit decisions. The Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies...more
On January 8, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officially recognized Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (FDX) as the first standard-setting body under the Personal Financial Data Rights promulgated rule under...more
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Board (“CFPB”) released a proposed rule that, if enacted, would grant consumers greater access rights to the data their financial institutions hold. Under the proposed...more
Financial institutions and fintech firms increasingly access consumer financial data and provide services to consumers using data from various financial accounts. This includes programs that assist consumers in managing...more
As previously reported, in September 2017 the CFPB proposed policy guidance regarding what application-level Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data would be disclosed to the public based on the significant expansion to the...more