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
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
In the waning days of the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Jan. 10, 2025, issued a proposed interpretive rule that would provide a framework for determining when the Electronic Fund...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Frontier Required to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Disposal...more
On December 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) to supervise large providers of digital wallets and payment apps. Specifically, the Final Rule, entitled Defining...more
The CFPB has issued a final rule to supervise large nonbank financial services providers that offer general-use digital consumer payment applications such as digital wallets and peer-to-peer payment apps....more
On July 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an Issue Spotlight focusing on the fees associated with electronic payment platforms used by school districts to process school lunch payments. In...more
On February 15, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Zelle seeking clarification of its reimbursement policy for victims of imposter scams. Calling its protocol for...more
Recently, three Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry, Mike Flood, and French Hill, sent a joint letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or...more
On February 15, 2024, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Zelle seeking clarification of its reimbursement policy for victims of imposter scams and urging Zelle to...more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") proposed a new rule, to be codified at 12 C.F.R. § 1090.109, that would bring general-use digital payment processors who process more than five million...more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued a proposed rule that would grant it supervisory authority over major nonbank technology companies in the consumer digital payments space....more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a proposed rule that would allow it to exercise its supervisory authority over larger nonbanks offering digital consumer payment applications, such...more
As we reported last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a proposed rule addressing “personal data financial rights.” Comments are due on December 29, 2023....more
President Recommends Regulatory Reforms to Address Recent Bank Failures - President Biden has issued a statement urging the federal banking agencies to adopt regulatory reforms that are meant to reduce the risk of future...more
On March 8, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights report that focused on back-end fees charged to consumers in connection with deposits, auto servicing,...more
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
House Financial Services Committee Sets Fintech Priorities for a New Administration - House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters sent a letter to the incoming administration with nearly 50 pages of...more
Federal Reserve Announces Plan for Real-Time Payment and Settlement Service - The Federal Reserve has announced that the Federal Reserve Banks will develop a new real-time gross settlement service with integrated clearing...more
This survey reports on developments in the law relating to electronic payments. Part II addresses legal challenges to federal and state regulation of e-payments products. Part III discusses the amendment (again) of federal...more
Earlier this month, the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) hosted its annual TRANSACT conference to connect and educate the various branches of the payments industry. Industry leaders spoke on technology, security,...more
BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
On Tuesday, July 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Paymap Inc., a Colorado-based payment processing company and wholly owned subsidiary of Western Union Company, to repay consumers $33.4 million in fees and...more
On July 9, 2015, the CFPB published a set of Consumer Protection Principles it believes should guide the financial industry in the development of newer, faster methods of payment. These Principles, though merely suggestions,...more
The Consumer Protection Principles continue the CFPB’s expansive approach. Stating that it wants to ensure that “any new payment systems are secure, transparent, accessible, and affordable to consumers” and have “robust...more
While mortgage and student loan servicing violations cited by the CFPB in its Fall 2014 Supervisory Highlights have grabbed the headlines, the report also includes noteworthy observations regarding the violations found by the...more