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The CFPB has withdrawn its 1) Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)/Regulation V Proposed Rule (Data Broker Rule), 2) Prohibited Terms and Conditions in Agreements for Consumer Financial Products or Services (Regulation AA)...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Third Circuit handed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) a victory in the National Collegiate Student Loan Trust litigation that could have wide-reaching implications...more
The CFPB is the primary regulator of consumer financial products and services in the US, but other state and federal regulators also have authority to enforce some federal consumer financial protection laws. The CFPB is now...more
Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has authority to require reports and conduct examinations with respect to large...more
The agency just revived its dormant authority to supervise nonbank financial entities that it determines pose risk to consumers. On April 25, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) - the US government...more
On August 31, 2020, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL). The law reflects Governor Newsom’s vision of a much more powerful banking agency with new registration authority,...more
On Tuesday March 3, the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Seila Law, the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, ruled in All American Check Cashing that the CFPB’s structure is constitutional....more
Following the departure of former CFPB Director Richard Cordray in 2017, consumer advocates and state attorneys general raised concerns regarding the new hands-off approach by the Trump administration pertaining to consumer...more
On January 24, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a policy statement setting forth guidelines on how it intends to enforce the “abusiveness” standard under the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 103(a) of the...more
CFPB Director Kraninger has rejected the argument made by Equitable Acceptance Corp (EAC) that because the Bureau’s structure is unconstitutional, the civil investigative demand it received from the Bureau should be set aside...more
Last November, Bradley’s Financial Services Perspectives team predicted that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) then upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Does the New Debt Collection Rule Apply...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently provided its annual letter to the CFPB concerning its enforcement activities relating to compliance with Regulation Z (Truth in Lending Act), Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act), and...more
The New York Attorney General has submitted a letter to Judge Preska that responds to RD Legal Funding’s letter asking her to dismiss all of the NYAG’s federal and state claims....more
On January 20, 2017, in CFPB v. Great Plains Lending, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s civil investigative demands for documents from lending...more
Lenders and their attorneys have been closely monitoring the enforcement actions and rules promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB, which was created under the Dodd-Frank Act. The CFPB’s three goals...more
Federal and state banking regulators have broad and largely discretionary supervisory and enforcement powers over the financial institutions they regulate, which include banks and their affiliates. Key regulators in this area...more
Q: When does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have authority over insurance ?companies? The federal legislation commonly known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which created the ?CFPB,...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
On June 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) published a final rule that will allow the agency to supervise certain larger nonbank auto finance companies for the first time and released auto...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has published a rule that expands the CFPB’s supervision to nonbank auto finance companies for the first time. The CFPB currently supervises automobile financing at the largest...more
The Federal Trade Commission has provided its annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report to the CFPB covering the FTC’s enforcement activities in 2014 related to compliance with Regulation Z (Truth in Lending), Regulation M...more
The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and, among other things, vested it with broad authority to enforce prohibitions on unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and...more