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No AI Law? No Problem. How Massachusetts Attacked AI Underwriting Under Existing State Statutes

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On July 10, 2025, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) with a private student loan lender (the Company), resolving allegations that the Company's underwriting practices...more

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CFPB seeks withdrawal from auto finance suit

On April 24, the CFPB filed a memorandum in support of a consent motion to withdraw as a plaintiff in its enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case involves the CFPB and the...more

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U.S. SDNY dismisses some claims and allows Bureau to file amended complaint in military lending case

On March 24, U.S. SDNY released its opinion and order granting dismissal, in part, with respect to counts two through five (and related claims under count six) in a case the CFPB brought against a loan company group (the...more

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CFPB Drops Two More Major Lawsuits 

The CFPB has recently dismissed two more enforcement actions—one against a major credit reporting agency and another against a lease-to-own financing provider. Both lawsuits involved allegations of abusive, unfair, and...more

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A Primer on State Consumer Financial Regulation: What Businesses Need to Know Now

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The landscape of consumer financial services is shifting, driven by a broader deregulatory trend at the federal level. In this environment, companies must still address federal consumer financial law compliance and navigate a...more

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CFPB voluntarily dismisses enforcement action with prejudice

On February 21, the CFPB voluntarily dismissed its case against an online lending platform, ending a suit filed in May 2024. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB sued the platform last spring, alleging it violated the...more

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CFPB Issues Warning on Risks of Home Equity Contracts, Takes Legal Action to Ensure Compliance with TILA

On January 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report, consumer advisory, and filed an amicus brief addressing the risks associated with home equity contracts (HECs)—financial products often...more

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CFPB Sues Manufactured Home Financing Company in Relation to Allegedly Risky Loans

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The Consu​​​​​​​mer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against a manufactured home loan company (the “Company”) on January 6, 2025, alleging that it originates loans that borrowers are unlikely to be able...more

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Ninth Circuit upholds CFPB’s restitution order against lending company, affirming waiver of jury trial rights

On January 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published an opinion in a case involving a consumer lending company’s appeal of the district court’s order to pay more than $134 million in legal restitution,...more

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CFPB Sues Online Lender of Student Loans for Alleged Violations of Federal Lending Laws

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On October 17, 2024, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against an online lender of student loans, its...more

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CFPB Warns of Manipulation in Digital Comparison Shopping Tools

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In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "CFPB Warns of Manipulation and Dark Patterns in Digital Comparison Shopping Tools," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta discusses the Consumer Financial...more

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Is your direct-to-consumer company using “dark patterns” on its website?

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Navigating the virtual marketplace has become an integral part of the consumer experience in the digital age. Lurking behind the convenience and accessibility of e-commerce websites, however, lies a subtle yet pervasive...more

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Populus files motion to dismiss CFPB enforcement action based on fact that CFPB has been unlawfully funded by Fed when it had no...

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We have previously blogged about an enforcement action brought on July 12, 2022 by the CFPB against Populus Financial Group, Inc., d/b/a ACE Cash Express, Inc. in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Owners of Small Dollar Lender for Hiding Money to Avoid Penalties

On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an order to resolve its 2023 lawsuit against the former CEO of a short-term small dollar lender and his spouse, in connection with a series of fraudulent transfers...more

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CFPB issues UDAAP guidance on contracts for consumer financial products and services

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On June 4, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-03 (“Circular”) warning that the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for...more

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FTC provides annual report to CFPB regarding activities in 2023 under consumer financial services laws

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On May 20, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent its annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) highlighting its enforcement actions and initiatives in 2023 under the Truth in Lending Act...more

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CFPB Brings Lawsuit Against FinTech Company for its Alleged Deceptive Practices and for Allegedly Misrepresenting the Costs of its...

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On May 17, 2024, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against a financial technology company for violations of the CFPA and FCRA....more

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CFPB Sues Fintech for Deceptive Practices Surrounding Tipping Service

On May 17, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a California-based fintech that operates a nationwide website and mobile-application based peer-to-peer lending platform through which consumers can obtain small-dollar, short-term...more

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CFPB’s Spring Edition of Its Supervisory Highlights Focuses on Consumer Reporting

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Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released the spring edition of its Supervisory Highlights report, providing a high-level overview of alleged unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - March 2024 # 4

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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

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CFPB encourages New York to ban unfair or abusive conduct

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On March 19, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a blog touting letters it has sent to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State Senate leaders, and New York State Assembly leaders to...more

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Status of the DOJ's Combatting Redlining Initiative — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, host Chris Willis and guest Lori Sommerfield discuss the status of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Combatting Redlining Initiative. The initiative, which has been underway...more

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2023 Year in Review: Auto Loan Origination and Servicing

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Welcome to the Auto Loan Origination and Servicing chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - We anticipate that the CFPB will continue its attempts to combat...more

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9 Consumer Finance Issues to Note From CFPB Report

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In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report highlighting various unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices it claims to have uncovered during its supervisory examinations from July 2022 to...more

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CFPB Fines Fintech Installment Lender $15 Million for Alleged Consent Order Violations

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On November 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that a nonbank installment lender agreed to settle allegations that it was violating a 2019 consent order. The Company is a publicly traded online...more

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