Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Understanding the Development and Regulation of Buy Now, Pay Later Products — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Mock Jury Exercises: Enhancing Litigation Strategy in Consumer Financial Services Cases — The Consumer Finance Podcast
UDAAP and Fair Lending Developments: 2024 Year-in-Review and 2025 Predictions — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 Privacy Trends and Their Impact on Auto Finance – Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Consumer Federation of America (“CFA”) Speaks Out About CFPB’s and FTC’s Direction During the Trump Administration
The CFPB's Nonbank Registry Rule: Challenges and Implications — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating CFPB Enforcement: Key Takeaways From the Global Tel Link Consent Order — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Post-Election Insights: Impacts on the Banking and Consumer Financial Services Industry
Lemon Law Shakeup: Rodriguez vs. FCA US Has Unexpected Result – Moving The Metal Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Reconciling AI With Fair Lending and Consumer Protection
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: An Empirical Study of Boilerplate in Consumer Contracts
The CFPB Highlights Alleged Deceptive Debt Collection Practices
CFPB's Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Breaking Granite: Understanding New Amendments to the New Hampshire Retail Installment Sales Act — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Introducing Heryka Knoespel: A New Partner at Troutman Pepper — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure
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
As interest rates drop, the CFPB is exploring ways to streamline mortgage rules to make the refinancing process easier and closing costs less expensive, Director Rohit Chopra said at a housing conference sponsored by the...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more
What Happened? On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule to amend provisions of its Mortgage Servicing Rules to significantly revamp requirements relating to borrowers...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory agendas twice a year in voluntary...more
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
The complexity of loss mitigation programs designed to assist distressed mortgage borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been too daunting for many borrowers to seek help, the CFPB said, in a report released last...more
The CFPB recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule amending the mortgage servicing rules under Regulation X, with a focus on streamlining and expanding the loss mitigation procedures and foreclosure protections. The...more
As we predicted here, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) last week proposed new and, in some cases, streamlined rules governing what mortgage servicers must do after a borrower becomes delinquent. The...more
Welcome to the Mortgage Origination and Servicing chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - Enforcement efforts are expected to increase in 2024 and will...more
As we reflect on the previous year and look toward the new year, we thought you’d appreciate our top 20 most-read Consumer Finance ABstract posts from 2023...more
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, a pair of processors failing to process...more
On May 15, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors filed a joint amici curiae (friend of the court) brief in connection with the case challenging...more
A&B ABstract: In the 29nd edition of its Supervisory Highlights, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) focused on the impact of so-called “junk” fees in the mortgage servicing, auto servicing, and student loan...more
A&B Abstract: On January 30, 2023, President Biden informed Congress that the COVID-19 National Emergency (the “COVID Emergency”) will be extended beyond March 1, 2023, but that he anticipates terminating the national...more
Last month, the CFPB released new Supervisory Highlights identifying examinations findings in the areas of auto servicing, consumer reporting, credit card account management, debt collection, deposits, mortgage origination,...more
On October 29, 2021 — just 32 days prior to the November 30, 2021 effective date — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released new guidance regarding the debt validation notice requirements that are part of the...more
CFPB Amends Mortgage Rule to Protect Borrowers Affected by COVID-19 The CFPB issued a final rule to amend its Regulation X—which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act—to assist home mortgage loan borrowers...more
On December 18, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its Final Regulations detailing the business conduct rules for mortgage loan servicers. ...more
The CFPB and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) have released the first public use file containing data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations. The NSMO is a component of the National Mortgage Database (NMDB®)...more
With less than one month remaining until the April 19, 2018 effective date of bankruptcy-related amendments to Regulation X and Regulation Z, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has issued “Mortgage Servicing...more
On January 30, 2018, DWT payments team member Andy Lorentz moderated a panel at ACI’s 18th National Forum on Prepaid Card Compliance, in Washington, D.C., entitled “Update on State Regulatory Enforcement Initiatives Affecting...more
The CFPB has issued its monthly complaint report and is shining its spotlight on mortgage products. The Monthly Complaint Report provides a high level snap shot of trends in consumer complaints, using a three month rolling...more
In a blog post published last Friday, Patrice Ficklin, Associate Director of the CFPB’s Office of Fair Lending, outlined the CFPB’s fair lending priorities for 2017. Ms. Ficklin wrote that, going forward, the CFPB will...more
The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the CFPB’s use of Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panels in its rulemaking process. The report, “Observations from Small Business Review...more