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 UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) published its Q1 2025/26 complaints data alongside a press release, revealing a notable decline in case volumes to 68,000, down from 74,600 in the same period last year. Complaints...more
The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from two states: California: Effective January 1, California Assembly Bill 3108 addresses mortgage fraud. ...more
On January 22, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a significant settlement with Yellowstone Capital of New Jersey and its affiliated companies over allegations of illegal high-interest loans disguised as...more
As we noted in our Fraud and Commercial Loan Transactions: Post-Judgment Legal Strategies Webinar, fraud in commercial loan transactions presents significant challenges for creditors seeking to recover funds. Once a judgment...more
On March 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Consumer Response Annual Report, providing a high-level overview of the 1,657,600 consumer complaints received by the Bureau from January 1...more
Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
Headlines: CFPB Reminds Credit Bureaus and Furnishers of Their Obligations to Investigate Disputes The CFPB has issued guidance on the obligations of both credit bureaus and furnishers of consumer credit information,...more
The CFPB reached a settlement with payment processor BrightSpeed Solutions Inc. and its founder (collectively, “BrightSpeed”) to resolve allegations that it knowingly assisted companies in defrauding consumers by knowingly...more
On July 12, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consent order (the Consent Order) against a Fintech company that facilitates home improvement loans (the Fintech). The CFPB claims that the Fintech...more
On February 11, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $114 million settlement with the owners and operators of an alleged tribal payday lending scheme. The settlement resolves allegations concerning...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
Hiding somewhat in the shadows during the rise of virtual currencies over the past year or two has been blockchain, the ledger technology that undergirds bitcoin and other cryptos, and its potential application beyond digital...more
Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizeable stake in Bristol-Myers Squibb, a move that reportedly caught execs at the drugmaker unawares and sets the stage for a potential sale....more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Vacating Judgment: estate failed to either allege or prove any basis under Rule 1.540 to vacate final judgment of foreclosure to which it had consented – The Bank of N.Y. Mellon v....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will likely be weakened by the incoming Trump administration and its Republican allies in Congress. Exactly how, and how much, remains to be seen, however—and, in the meantime,...more
This week, the FTC announced the launch of a redesigned Military Consumer website as part of its joint initiative with the DoD, CFPB and others. Military.Consumer.gov is a financial readiness website designed to help...more
Like a hot new underground nightclub [I presume. Not exactly my scene], Marcus—Goldman Sachs’ new online lending platform aimed at the consumer banking segment—requires a password. Goldman’s reportedly sending out the...more
Holding companies appear to be an important new feature of the “living will” revisions the big banks have been making in an effort to appease the Fed and FDIC’s efforts to stamp out “too big to fail” entities. The idea is for...more
It wasn’t exactly a direct reaction to his testimony on the Hill, but Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf didn’t do himself any favors there, and Wells Fargo’s Board has announced that it will claw back an estimated $41 million in...more
The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently affirmed its prior decision in Vidal v. Liquidation Properties, Inc., 104 So. 3d 1274 (4th DCA 2013). Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Hilary A. Williamson, Case No. 4D15-285, 2016 WL...more
Texas has adopted provisions that specify the criminal history information collected by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) and outline factors the OCCC will consider when reviewing criminal history information....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent action against two credit card vendors regarding credit monitoring and identity theft protection services is a reminder of the legal risks associated with certain add-on...more