Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
Podcast - The CFPB Takes Action on a Toronto-Based Bank’s Consumer Credit Reports
CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
Breaking Down Credit Reporting With Credit Builders Alliance — FCRA Focus Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
The CFPB's Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
The FTC Enforces the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Third Circuit holds creditors should investigate all indirect disputes of accounts on a credit report
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Responding to Direct and Indirect Identity Theft Disputes Under the FCRA: What Are The Differences?
Third Circuit Hands Down Decision in FCRA Pay Status Cases - FCRA Focus Podcast
The Third Circuit’s Decision in Bibbs v. Trans Union: What it Means for Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 3: Evolving Federal and State Requirements for Furnishers and Users of Consumer Reports - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 2: FCRA Preemption Issues, Infringing State Laws, and the CFPB's Position
CFPB’s Increasingly Active Interest in Credit Reporting - FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB Advisory Opinion on Name-Only Matching Under FCRA - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the February webinar....more
New Treasury Report Shows Fintech Industry Requires Additional Oversight To Close Gaps, Prevent Abuses, and Protect Consumers - On November 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT), in consultation with the...more
Regulatory Announcements- FTC Commissioner Phillips Plans to Leave the Agency in the Fall, Per Media Reports. On August 8, several media outlets reported that FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips informed his staff through a memo...more
Alvaro Bedoya Sworn in as FTC Commissioner Following Senate Confirmation. On May 16, Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in as FTC Commissioner. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bedoya to the FTC’s open Commissioner on May 11. ...more
On January 27, the CFPB released a report directed to consumers about obtaining information in their consumer reports and disputing suspected inaccuracies in these reports with companies as needed. The CFPB notes that “[a]s...more
On November 4, 2021, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau”) issued an advisory opinion reaffirming its stance that a consumer reporting agency (“CRA”) using name-only matching procedures violates 15 U.S.C....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
The CFPB has issued “Supervisory Highlights COVID-19 Prioritized Assessments Special Edition.” The report indicates that in May 2020, the Bureau rescheduled about half of its planned examinations and instead conducted...more
COVID-19- Defunct Travel Agency To Refund Travelers Who Paid Twice for Their Lodgings- Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with online travel agency BookIt Operating LLC d/b/a BookIt.com and its CEO...more
On April 1, 2020, as the nation was in the beginning stages of its COVID-19 shutdown and companies, including financial institutions, encountered operational challenges, the CFPB released a statement on supervisory...more
On June 16th, the CFPB issued a Compliance Aid Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing the CARES Act changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and clarifying furnisher reporting obligations regarding consumers who...more
On June 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a compliance guide clarifying the credit reporting protections provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act....more
Since the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), Pub. L. 116-136, on March 27, 2020, there has been much uncertainty and confusion arising from that portion of the CARES Act which...more
The CFPB issued ten FAQs for industry that address the CARES Act’s credit reporting requirements and other COVID-19-related credit reporting issues....more
In This Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule to reflect changes made by H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act,...more
Creditors that furnish information on consumer accounts to consumer reporting agencies must do so with accuracy and integrity consistent with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations. "Accuracy" means...more
Our financial services teams analyze how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is responding to consumer complaints about mortgage and credit card terms during the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Alert May 18, 2020 The economic impact of COVID-19 has already proven catastrophic for many businesses and consumers. Many employers are reducing their staffing or closing their doors permanently. As of May 8, 2020, the...more
Twenty-one state attorneys general and the District of Columbia attorney general have sent a letter to the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) “to remind them” of their legal obligations under federal and...more
Passed in response to the impact of COVID-19, section 4021 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748, 116th Cong. (2020)) amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in a variety of ways...more
Twenty-one state Attorneys General, along with the AGs for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, have sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) urging withdrawal of CFPB’s guidance relaxing...more
A group of attorneys general (AGs) from twenty-one states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico has sent a letter to CFPB Director Kraninger requesting that the CFPB immediately withdraw its guidance regarding credit...more
On April 13, 2020, twenty-three Attorneys General sent a joint letter urging the CFPB to withdraw its recent guidance on Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requirements during the COVID-19 crisis....more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in response to the continuing threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Among other provisions,...more