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Consumer Finance in the US Automotive Industry

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As the legal environment for consumer financial services continues to shift through 2025, regulatory activity in the automotive sector has emerged as a fast-evolving area of focus for industry stakeholders. Recent...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court tosses CFPB’s medical debt rule

On July 11, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the CFPB’s medical debt rule on the grounds that it exceeded the Bureau’s statutory authority and violated both the FCRA and the APA, granting the...more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms FCRA Limits: Credit Reporting Agencies are Not Required to Resolve Fraud Claims

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In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit in Reyes v. Equifax Information Systems, L.L.C., joined the First, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in affirming the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s...more

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Insights from the CFPB’s Latest Report on Credit Invisibility

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n June 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an update to its 2015 report on Americans who did not have a credit record (credit invisibles) or who had insufficient credit history to have a...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – July 2025

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

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CFPB's Consumer Response Annual Report for 2024 Analyzes Increased Consumer Complaints

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently delivered its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2024, as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The report includes analyses of...more

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CFPB issues correction of “credit invisibles” estimate

On June 23, the CFPB issued a technical correction and update to its estimate of “credit invisibles” — adults in the U.S. without a credit record or with insufficient credit history to generate a credit score. As previously...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Vermont Enacts Law Prohibiting Medical Debt Reporting and Funding Debt Relief Initiative

On May 16, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law S. 27, a medical debt relief measure that prohibits the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports and establishes a state-funded initiative to abolish...more

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CFPB Reports on Consumer Complaint Trends

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued its annual report analyzing the consumer complaints it received in 2024.  The CFPB collects complaints through its website, phone calls, and mail....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast

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In this episode of FCRA Focus, host Dave Gettings is joined by Cindy Hanson, Scott Kelly, and Tim St. George, partners in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, to discuss the most impactful...more

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2024 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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In 2024, Goodwin tracked four public enforcement actions related to credit reporting or credit repair services, consistent with the four actions tracked in 2023. Between 2017 and 2024, there were an average of four actions...more

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New York Fed report on credit insecurity highlights regional disparities and improvements

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB dismisses credit reporting enforcement action voluntarily

On February 28, the CFPB filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, ending an enforcement action against a credit reporting agency, two...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Orders Credit Reporting Agency to Pay $15 Million for Mishandling Consumer Disputes

On January 17, 2025, the CFPB issued a consent order against a large consumer reporting agency for failing to properly investigate consumer disputes concerning inaccurate information on consumers’ credit reports. The CFPB...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Finalizes Rule Removing Medical Bills from Credit Reports

On January 7, 2025, the CFPB announced the finalization of a rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., to prohibit the inclusion of medical bills on credit...more

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CFPB Finalizes Rule Curbing Use and Reporting of Medical Debt

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On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that would generally prohibit lenders from considering medical debt information when determining a consumer’s eligibility for credit, and...more

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Litigation Byte (December Edition)

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Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (October 29, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Advocacy Group Petitions CFPB to Categorize Housing Rental Leases as “Credit”

On August 12, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), a prominent consumer advocacy group, petitioned the CFPB to open rulemaking under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to expand the definition of “credit” to include...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - October 2023 #2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights - Issue 2, July 2023

CFPB Issue Spotlight Analyzes “Artificial Intelligence” Chatbots in Banking - "Poorly deployed chatbots can impede customers from resolving problems." Why this is important: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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Industry Groups Weigh in Before the U.S. Supreme Court on FCRA Preemption Issue

Multiple financial services industry trade associations submitted arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court this week supporting the Consumer Data Industry Association’s (“CDIA”) petition for review of whether the Fair Credit...more

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CFPB’s Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law releases report

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The CFPB’s Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law released its report making recommendations on how to improve consumer protection in the financial marketplace....more

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CFPB Relaxes Enforcement of FCRA in the Wake of Coronavirus Crisis But Furnishers' Obligations to Consumers Remain Unchanged

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in response to the continuing threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Among other provisions,...more

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FCRA Enforcement and the CARES Act

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On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Amongst its many provisions is an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 (FCRA) that adds...more

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