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CFPB Withdraws Proposed Changes to State Official Notification Procedures

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The CFPB on July 21, 2025, withdrew a direct final rule that would have "rescinded procedures by which a State official must notify the Bureau when the official takes an action to enforce the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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CFPB’s Open Banking Rules: Dead on Arrival or Alive and Well?

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its long-awaited Personal Financial Data Rights rules under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, marking a significant milestone in the regulation of...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - 2024 Annual Review - Nondiscrimination and Military Protection Law

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to consumers protected by nondiscrimination and military protection laws. 2025 will likely bring more of the same, particularly in the area of...more

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Navigating the CFPB’s Nonbank Enforcement Action Registry Coverage and Deadlines

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It may be a familiar role for legal and compliance teams to advise on and implement compliance decisions related to registrations, but that doesn't mean the upcoming deadlines for complying with the first-of-its-kind CFPB...more

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CFPB Creates Corporate Nonbank Enforcement Registry

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The centralized repository would assist the CFPB and law enforcement in detecting patterns of misbehavior and recidivism adversely affecting consumers. On June 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - 2023 Annual Review - Debt Collection

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to debt collection. If debt collection in 2023 had a theme it would be medical debt....more

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Damages Under Dodd-Frank: Federal Court Awards CFPB $59 Million in Unprecedented Penalties and Restitution Analysis

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So much to say, so little time. Historically groundbreaking, a federal court in Madison, Wisconsin engaged in the most robust, methodical damages analysis under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, found in Title X of the...more

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RESPA and UDAAP Enforcement Following The PHH Decision: What To Expect

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As anyone who is associated with the residential real estate settlement services industry can appreciate, resolution of the PHH case by the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought much-needed clarity and...more

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Change in CFPB Structure Will Not Impact Fair Lending Enforcement; Compliance Does Not Take a Holiday

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Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s decision to transition the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity (“OFLEO”) out of the Office of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending (“SEFL”) does not eliminate or diminish the...more

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CFPB Increasingly Aiming “Abusiveness” Claims at Servicemember Products and Services

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Are servicemembers more financially vulnerable than the civilians they protect? Recent enforcement actions suggest that, in the CFPB’s view, they are. While the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) provides more financial...more

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CFPB Issues First Appellate Ruling

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In affirming its own decision, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leaves few protections for targets in its administrative enforcement proceedings. If you are subject to a CFPB administrative proceeding, or...more

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CFPB Enforcement Actions Take on LO Comp and Fair Lending

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Over the past couple of weeks, the CFPB has kept itself busy in the mortgage origination enforcement arena. In one complaint, the CFPB ordered a residential mortgage lender and its CEO to each pay a $1 million civil penalty...more

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Additional Recent Actions Added To UDAAP Database

The CFPB has issued new enforcement actions that include allegations of unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAP) in connection with consumer financial products. We’ve updated our UDAAP Database with the most...more

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Corinthian Colleges: Part Two - the "Perfect Storm" - Blog: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Corinthian Colleges (“Corinthian”) announced this past Sunday, April 26 that Corinthian was ceasing operations at its remaining physical campuses. This April 26 announcement specifically refers to the remaining 30 or so...more

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Consumer Protection Agencies Agree to Coordinate Investigation Strategy - FTC and CFPB Reauthorize Memorandum of Understanding

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On March 12, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the two agencies in charge of the federal government's consumer protection mission, reauthorized their Memorandum of...more

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State AGs and Regulators Step Up UDAAP Enforcement

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Dodd-Frank created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and granted that federal agency significant powers to regulate financial institutions. But Dodd-Frank also empowers state regulators to enforce the new...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Bad Day for NewDay: CFPB Section 8 Enforcement Continues

On February 10, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) added another company to its litany of alleged Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 offenders (Michigan Title, PHH Corporation, New...more

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CFPB Takes Action for Deceptive Advertisement of "Free Checking"

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Although the CFPB has focused its rulemaking and enforcement actions on mortgage servicing and lending, it recently entered into a consent order with M&T Bank regarding the deceptive advertising of free checking. The...more

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CFPB enforcement head underscores CFPB’s limited use of “abusive ” prong of UDAAP

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Tony Alexis, the head of enforcement at the CFPB, spoke today in Chicago at a program sponsored by the Committee on Consumer Financial Services at the American Bar Association Section of Business Law’s Annual Meeting. The...more

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Managing Vendors In An Era Of Increased CFPB Scrutiny

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For financial institutions, having compliance management systems that mitigate in-house risk is not sufficient to meet regulatory expectations. With more work now outsourced to third party vendors, financial institutions are...more

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GAO issues report on CFPB civil penalty fund

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the results of its review the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund (CPF). The review was requested by Representative Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the House Financial...more

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“Operation Mis-Modification” Targets Foreclosure Relief Companies

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The CFPB continues to ramp up its enforcement actions and its collaboration with state AG offices as part of the new “Operation Mis-Modification.” The CFPB, the FTC and fifteen states announced a series of lawsuits...more

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The High Costs and Consequences of a CFPB CID

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Dodd-Frank gives the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the power to enforce and implement federal consumer financial protection laws, including home mortgage and other consumer credit regulations, plus powerful...more

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CFPB Expands Its Enforcement Efforts Against Payday Lending

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In November, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first enforcement action against a payday lender. Cash America International was fined $5 million and was ordered to refund $14 million to its...more

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The CFPB's Most Recent Consent Order: Defining "Abusive" Acts and Practices Through Enforcement

Last week, the CFPB announced a settlement with payday lender ACE Cash Express of an enforcement action for alleged unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices (UDAAP). The Consent Order reflects the CFPB’s continued focus on...more

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