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President Trump Signs Debanking Executive Order: Horizontal Reviews for Banks and Credit Unions are Next

Late last year, we predicted that the Trump administration would bring federal action to target de-banking, and on August 7, 2025, President Trump signed a much-anticipated executive order to address the issue. Banks and...more

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Trump Administration Significantly Narrows the Impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency that was founded in 2010, after the United States went through a recession linked to abuses in the origination and sale of residential mortgage loans. The...more

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More Early Terminations of Redlining Consent Orders

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As previously reported, based on an unopposed motion submitted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the October 2021 redlining consent order with Trustmark National Bank was...more

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[Webinar] Consumer Financial Services Bites of the Month: Evening in June with the CFPB - June 18th, 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Please join Eric Johnson, Justin Hosie, and Kristen Yarows as they recap recent consumer financial services activities including the CFPB resuming its redress to consumers of a sales-training company, the City of Baltimore...more

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DOJ and CFPB Terminate $9 Million Redlining Consent Order with Southern Regional Bank

On May 21, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee granted a joint motion by the CFPB and DOJ to terminate a 2021 redlining settlement with a regional bank, vacating the consent order and dismissing the...more

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Trustmark Redlining Consent Order Terminated

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A federal district court recently granted the unopposed motion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to terminate their October 2021 consent order with Trustmark National Bank...more

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The State of the CFPB Amid Reduction in Force Litigation

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been at the center of significant legal and operational turmoil in recent months. Ongoing litigation surrounding the CFPB’s reduction in force (RIF) will likely reshape the...more

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What in the world does birthright citizenship have to do with consumer financial services?

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The short answer is that the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing (whose oral argument is scheduled for May 15 at 10 am) is of immense importance to all stakeholders in the consumer financial services industry. We will...more

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CFPB dismisses case against Texas bank

On April 11, the CFPB filed its notice of dismissal without prejudice in a case within the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against a large bank. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB moved to...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part...

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The podcast we are releasing today is part 1 of a re-purposed webinar we produced on March 25 titled “The Impact of the Election on the CFPB - Part 4.” As a result of the diminishing impact of the CFPB on enforcing the...more

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CFPB memo outlines supervision and enforcement agendas under new administration

On April 16, the CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer, Mark Paoletta, issued a memo outlining the CFPB’s 2025 supervision and enforcement priorities, explaining that the CFPB intends to focus resources towards threats to service...more

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Democratic AGs Cheer Federal Court’s Halt of CFPB Dismantling

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A U.S. District Court has granted a preliminary injunction in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought preventing the CFPB’s Acting Director from taking further steps to dismantle the agency....more

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Republican Senators seek to use CRA to void medical debt rule

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Republican senators have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the rule that bans banks and credit unions from including medical debt on credit reports and generally prohibits the use of medical...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – March 2025 # 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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The New Modern Community Reinvestment Act Needs to be Fixed ASAP

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When the new CRA rule was published in late 2023 it contained some very serious flaws that need to be corrected. Fixing the flawed CRA rule should be a high priority for the Trump Administration because the new rule is...more

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Texas Federal Judge Refuses to Pause CFPB Case Against Bank

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In March 2025, a Northern District of Texas judge denied the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) motion to stay its case against Comerica Bank for alleged mismanagement of a government benefit card program in...more

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CFPB dismisses lawsuit against banks and payment service

On March 5, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona received the CFPB’s notice of dismissal with prejudice in a lawsuit against several banks involving alleged widespread digital payment fraud on a popular...more

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Capital One Faces Lawsuit Over Savings Account Practices

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On January 14, 2025, the federal government sued Capital One, accusing it of deceptive practices related to its “360 Savings” accounts. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Capital One Financial Corp., No. 25-cv-00061...more

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What’s Next for Fintechs in 2025? Key Regulatory Developments to Watch

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With the start of the new year comes new regulatory priorities, regulatory challenges, and regulatory opportunities for fintechs. Below, we lay out considerations for 2025 given the change in administration and accompanying...more

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CFPB Fines National Bank and Bank Holding Company for Alleged Violations of the CFPA, TISA, and Regulation DD in Connection with...

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On January 14, 2025, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against the Bank, alleging violations of the CFPA, TISA, and its implementing Regulation DD. The lawsuit alleges that the Bank deceived customers who were enrolled in the Bank's...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against Bank For Alleged Savings Account Interest Rate Freezing

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On January 14, 2025, the CFPB announced ​that it had filed a complaint against a large national bank​​ for alleged ​violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), the Truth in Savings Act (TISA) and TISA’s...more

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CFPB files complaint against payment service and three banks

Recently, the CFPB released the complaint that it filed against a peer-to-peer payment service (P2P) and three large banks, alleging widespread fraud on the P2P platform. The Bureau filed the complaint in the U.S. District...more

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CFPB Continues Mad Race to Trump’s Inauguration

Since our last Cabinet News & Views issue on December 19, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has finalized yet another rule, this one addressing the circumstances under which medical bills should be removed...more

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CFPB Sues Bank Regarding Allegations of Fraud Against Benefit Recipients

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​On December 6, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed suit against a bank subsidiary of a financial services company for allegedly disconnecting customer service calls, charging...more

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CFPB takes action against VyStar Credit Union for faulty rollout of online banking platform

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The CFPB recently took action against VyStar Credit Union in connection with allegations that the credit union “botched” its rollout of a new online banking system....more

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