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 Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (“MEF”) issued a public consultation on a draft legislative decree containing the Italian implementation of Directive (EU) 2023/2225 on credit agreements for consumers (“CCD2”) and...more
On January 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a report analyzing the auto lending market’s impact on servicemembers. ...more
Borrowers with subprime or deep subprime credit scores make up the majority of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) originations, the CFPB said, in a new report. From 2021 to 2022, borrowers with deep subprime credit scores accounted...more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Burau) released its annual report detailing the financial challenges faced by servicemembers, veterans, and military families. In 2023, this group submitted nearly...more
Innovation and technology are not the magic wands that will help low-income Americans climb out of debt; they often are tools used to prey on the neediest people, Seth Frotman, the CFPB’s general counsel told the Poverty Law...more
The most frequent consumer debt collection complaints filed with the CFPB in 2023 were attempts to collect debts that actually were not owed, the bureau said in its annual Fair Debt Collection Practices Act report....more
The CFPB and state regulators and legislators have medical debt in their crosshairs. In this episode, we’re joined by Chris Eastman, CEO of the Pendrick Group, a Cerberus portfolio company that specializes in financial...more
Since 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a stated priority of “protecting employees and their rights through conducting reports, inquiries, and issuing requirements for employers.” In July 2024, the...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
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, and Democratic committee members Raphael Warnock and John Fetterman, have sent a letter to Director Chopra urging the CFPB to “continue focusing on”...more
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. federal banking regulators issued a proposal that would establish a long-term debt (LTD) requirement for large U.S. banking organizations with $100 billion or more in total assets that are not...more
On March 16, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin cautioning loan servicers about their responsibility to stop any illegal activity related to private student loans that have been discharged...more
A number of diverse stakeholders gathered at George Mason University (GMU) on Nov. 18, 2019, to participate in a program entitled "Consumer Debt in America: What Would Rate Caps and Student Loan Forgiveness Mean?" The debate,...more
The Federal Reserve Board announced last week that it was launching a new article series, Consumer & Community Context, that features original analysis about the financial conditions and experiences of consumers and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a new report, Data Point: Final Student Loan Payments and Broader Household Borrowing, which examines repayment patterns for student loans and how borrowers who have...more
The CFPB has issued a report focusing on end-of-year credit card borrowing and repayment of credit card balances in the following year. The report is based on data from the Bureau’s Consumer Credit Panel, a...more
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy recently signed a new bill into law that helps Connecticut consumers understand how much they would need to pay in order to satisfy a judgement lien....more
Texas recently added a new statute aimed at providing lienholders and loan servicers an unambiguous method for unilaterally abandoning the acceleration of a loan's maturity. When a borrower defaults in paying an...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently focused its attention on the student loan industry following alleged widespread servicing failures reported by borrowers and found by the CFPB's examinations and...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently addressed both the timing and scope of “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The plaintiff in Stephen M. Hill v. Homeward...more