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Potential for Increased State Consumer Finance Enforcement

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A decrease in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) enforcement actions may motivate state regulators to fill the enforcement void. We have not seen a dramatic increase in state actions to date, but it will...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB scraps rule allowing states to enforce the CFPA without notice

On July 21, the CFPB published a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing its direct final rule that would have rescinded procedures requiring state officials to notify the Bureau when taking action to enforce the CFPA. As...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB terminates its consent order with a credit union

On July 18, the CFPB terminated a consent order against a credit union after confirming that the credit union fulfilled “certain obligations” under the original consent order, including paying a $1.5 million civil money...more

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CFPB Abandons Plan to Scrap State Notice Rule

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On July 21, 2025, the CFPB announced that it was withdrawing its planned recission of Section 1082.1 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) implementing regulations, which contains procedures by which state officials...more

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CFPB Terminates Consent Order Against Credit Union

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On July 21, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had terminated its October 2024 consent order with a Florida-based credit union....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Withdraws Rule to Eliminate State Enforcement Notification Requirements

On July 21, the CFPB withdrew its plan to repeal rules that provide procedures for state officials to notify the Bureau before initiating enforcement actions under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). The CFPB cited...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Terminates Two Consent Orders Addressing Overdraft Fees and Mortgage Servicing Violations

On July 1, the CFPB terminated two separate consent orders, one involving a federal credit union and the other involving a national mortgage servicer. Both orders stemmed from 2024 enforcement actions and involved alleged...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Proposes to Eliminate Education Allocations from Civil Penalty Fund

On June 18, the CFPB published a proposed rule that would rescind its authority to use money from the Civil Penalty Fund for consumer education and financial literacy initiatives. The proposed changes would amend the CFPB’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Lease-to-Own Fintech Following Adverse Credit Ruling

On May 27, the CFPB filed a notice of dismissal with prejudice in its lawsuit against a lease-to-own fintech provider. The lawsuit, filed in July 2023, alleged that the company’s rental-purchase agreements violated several...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB to rescind state requirement to notify Bureau on CFPA enforcement

On May 21, the CFPB published a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing its procedures that required state officials to notify the Bureau when taking action to enforce the CFPA. The direct final rule, effective July 21,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB drops in-house suit against motor vehicle company financial arm

On May 12, the CFPB terminated a consent order against a credit financing arm of a large motor vehicle company for violations related to the CFPA and FCRA. ...more

Cooley LLP

Trump CFPB Asserts Narrower Role for State Enforcement of Federal Consumer Law

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On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule that rescinded a May 2022 interpretive rule regarding the extent of states’ enforcement authority under Section 1042 of the Consumer...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Reduces Civil Penalty in Settled Remittance Enforcement Action

On May 15, the CFPB issued an amended consent order against an international remittance provider, reducing its civil penalty from $2.025 million to $44,955. The order alleges violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act...more

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Rescission of CFPB’s 2022 Interpretive Rule: A Shift in the Scope of State Enforcement Authority Under the CFPA

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On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) officially rescinded its May 2022 interpretive rule concerning the scope of state enforcement authority under § 1042 of the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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CFPB Dismisses Deposit Account Lawsuit Against National Retailer and Fintech Company

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit with prejudice against a major retailer and a fintech company in the District of Minnesota....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB rescinds prior notice on state enforcement scope

On May 15, the CFPB published a Federal Register notice withdrawing its interpretive rule on the scope of state enforcement under Section 1042 of the CFPA. Under the new administration, the Bureau deemed the interpretative...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty May 2025 - CFPB v. NCSLT Again Again Again

As if the saga of litigation involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts (“NCSLT”) that has been going on since 2017 has not been protracted and complicated...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – May 2025 # 2

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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 Rescinds Dozens of Regulatory Guidance Documents in Major Regulatory Shift

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced the withdrawal of 67 regulatory guidance documents, including interpretive rules, policy statements, and advisory opinions that have been issued since the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court grants partial CFPB win in credit reporting case

On May 5, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss filed by the defendant, a consumer reporting agency, in a case brought by the CFPB in January...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB drops CFPA, TILA-related case

On April 23, the CFPB filed a notice of dismissal pertaining to its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against a credit card company and its CEO. The CFPB alleged the company...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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

Hudson Cook, LLP

The CFPB's Future is Unclear, but Its $42 Million Judgment Still Sends a Clear Message

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If we could use only one word to describe the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I think most of us would agree on the word "uncertain." However, one thing seems certain to occur as we wait to see what will...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB files amended complaint against bank following court’s denial

On March 13, the CFPB filed an amended complaint against a Texas bank alleging violations of the CFPA, the EFTA, and its implementing Regulation E. The complaint related to a program in which the bank managed federal benefit...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFPB Signals Continued Involvement in Litigation with State Attorneys General

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) may have halted certain operations, it is remaining active in certain litigation, including cases brought by multistate attorneys general. Recently, the CFPB signaled...more

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