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The European Free Trade Association is an intergovernmental organization established in 1960 to facilitate and promote free trade among its member states and as a counterbalance to the more politically-driven European Economic Community (EEC). The current member states of the EFTA are Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.   less -
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CFPB Orders Money Exchange Company to Pay $2.5 Million Over Remittance Practices

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On January 30, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced  that it had entered into a consent order with an international remittance company regarding the company’s use of deceptive advertising for fee...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Fintech for Alleged Deceptive ATM Fee Disclosures and Violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act

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On January 30, 2025, the CFPB entered into a consent order with the Company, alleging violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act ("CFPA") and Electronic Fund Transfer Act ("EFTA")....more

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CFPB Enters Into Consent Order with Bank Resolving Allegations of Force-Placed-Insurance

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On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a national bank, resolving allegations related to the bank’s auto lending practices....more

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CFPB Takes Dual Action Against Bank Holding Company for Alleged Unlawful Repossessions and Sales Practices.

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On July 9, 2024, the CFPB issued a consent order and proposed court order against the Company, the former citing allegedly unlawful repossessions, and the latter citing allegedly unlawful sales practices. The consent order...more

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CFPB to Launch Registry of Nonbank Enforcement Actions

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In a move that's sure to make nonbank financial institutions even more uncomfortable, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has decided to shine a brighter light on those that have been alleged to violate consumer...more

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FDIC Issues Orders Against Two More Banks Over Fintech Partnerships

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In the FDIC’s latest monthly update on enforcement decisions and orders, the agency published recent consent orders it entered against both a New York-based and an Ohio-based bank, the latest in the agency’s series of...more

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CFPB Brings String of Enforcement Actions to Round Out 2023

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In December, the CFPB brought a series of three separate enforcement actions against several financial services companies alleging a range of violations of federal consumer protections laws....more

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FDIC Sends Clear Message in Recent Enforcement Action: BaaS/Fintech Partnerships are a High-Risk Compliance Area

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Last month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) took action against a bank for alleged unsafe or unsound banking practices. This, in and of itself, is not usual or newsworthy. What is unusual and newsworthy,...more

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Atlantic Union Bank to pay $6.2M for its unlawful overdraft opt-in practices

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On December 7, 2023, Atlantic Union Bank (the “Bank”) entered into a consent order with the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB) related to its in-person and telephone overdraft opt-in sales practices during...more

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CFPB enters into consent order with remittance transfer provider

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it has entered into a Consent Order with Chime Inc., a nonbank fintech company, to settle alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), Subpart B of...more

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CFPB Enters into another Remittance Transfer Consent Order

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On October 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered into a consent order with Choice Money, a New York nonbank remittance transfer provider involving violations of the Remittance Transfer Rule...more

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CFPB Sues Credit Reporting Agency and Former Senior Executive

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On April 12, the CFPB filed a complaint against a credit reporting agency (CRA), two of its subsidiaries, and a former senior executive for violating a 2017 consent order issued to the company related to alleged deceptive...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 10, 2022)

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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

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First CFPB Enforcement Action Under New Director: $6 Million Fine Against Prison Financial Services Company

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In its first action under newly-appointed Director Rohit Chopra, the CFPB issued an enforcement action against a prison financial services company for violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) by allegedly...more

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Google Faces 2 Antitrust Suits | “Made In USA” Glue Isn’t | Mortgage-Backed Securities Settlement

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Antitrust- Google Is in the Crosshairs of Two Multistate Antitrust Suits- •Two groups of AGs filed antitrust lawsuits against Google LLC (“Google”). •A group of seven Republican AGs, led by Texas AG Ken Paxton, sued...more

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Current Developments in Bank Deposits and Payment Systems (Spring 2020)

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This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. These include payments-related consent orders and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and...more

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Lessons from the CFPB’s First Remittance Transfer Rule Consent Order

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In 2010, Congress amended the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) by creating “a comprehensive system of consumer protections for money sent by U.S. consumers to individuals and businesses in foreign countries.” In 2013, the...more

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CFPB’s First Remittance Transfer Rule Enforcement Action

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Earlier this week, the CFPB announced a consent order with Maxitransfers Corporation, a remittance transfer provider that allows consumers to electronically transfer funds to people or companies in foreign countries. As the...more

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CFPB settles with military financing company for alleged TILA/EFTA disclosure violations

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Military Credit Services, LLC, a company providing revolving credit to military consumers, to settle allegations that the company’s open-end credit agreements...more

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