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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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CFPB and Townstone Financial Move to Vacate Redlining Settlement Alleging Misconduct Under Former CFPB Director

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In a surprising turn of events, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and Townstone Financial, Inc. (Townstone) have jointly moved to vacate the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order previously entered in...more

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Bank of America Hit with $250 Million in Penalties for Account Abuse Practices

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Bank of America joined the club of consumer abusers – Wells Fargo had been the well-established leader of this club and the poster-child for abusive consumer practices.  For years, Bank of America avoided federal...more

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DOJ Settles with Social Media Company to Resolve Fair Lending and Discriminatory Advertising Allegations

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On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint and settlement agreement in federal court alleging that a social media company is in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619,...more

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CFPB and NY AG Reach $4 Million Settlement with Debt Collectors

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On May 23, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General (NY AG) announced that they have settled a case filed against six New York debt collection companies and affiliated...more

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Update Regarding the BrightSpeed Payment Processor Case

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On January 18, after approximately fourteen months of settlement negotiations, the CFPB announced that it secured a settlement agreement with BrightSpeed Solutions, Inc., a third-party payment processor that had ceased...more

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An Opportune Time For Financial Institutions to Review Their Fair Lending Procedures

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At the beginning of his term, President Biden declared that his administration would make it a policy to eliminate “racial bias and other forms of discrimination in all states of home-buying and renting.”...more

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Using Credit Reporting as Debt Collection Strategy Has Changed

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Credit scores are important and frequently determine interest rates and can even impact insurance rates. For many years, judgment creditors could enforce their judgments in a variety of ways. Prior to 2017, judgment creditors...more

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Biden Administration Issues Regulatory Freeze On New Agency Rules

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In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more

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Second Circuit hears oral argument in RD Legal Funding

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument in RD Legal Funding. The three judge panel consisted of two members of the Second Circuit, Judge Denny Chin and Senior Judge Barrington Parker,...more

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Think Finance Settlement: Final Resolution Leaves More Questions than It Answers as to Future of CFPB Enforcement

The CFPB announced that it settled with Think Finance, LLC and six subsidiaries on February 5. The settlement follows protracted litigation beginning in November 2017 involving the CFPB’s allegations that Think Finance...more

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CFPB announces proposed consent order with companies alleged to have collected loans void under state law

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a proposed consent order with Think Finance and six subsidiaries (collectively, the “Think Entities’) to settle the Bureau’s lawsuit filed in November 2017 that alleged the Think...more

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CFPB files amicus brief in Maryland Court of Appeals seeking rejection of class action settlement

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The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in the Maryland Court of Appeals urging the court to affirm the decision of the Court of Special Appeals reversing the trial court’s approval of a settlement agreement in a class action...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.21.2019 | Top Story: Four Drug Companies Reach Last-minute Deal to Avoid Start of Federal Opioid Trial

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A last-minute deal between defendants McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva and plaintiffs’ attorneys means that multidistrict opioid epidemic litigation set to kick off in Ohio federal court today will not...more

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FTC announces settlements with student debt relief company and company that financed fees

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The FTC announced settlements of two lawsuits filed in a California federal district court alleging similar violations of the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), and the Truth in Lending Act by providers of student...more

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CFPB continues to push the envelope in announcing settlement with brokers of pension advances

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The CFPB announced on August 14, 2019 that, subject to the approval of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Bureau and the Arkansas Attorney General have entered into a proposed settlement with...more

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Equifax Reaches Historic $575 Million Settlement Agreement Arising from 2017 Data Breach

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Equifax has agreed to pay $575 million to settle consumer as well as state and federal regulatory claims for its 2017 data breach. This is the largest data breach settlement to date. ...more

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CFPB enters into settlement with funder of ITT private student loans

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A new (and perhaps final) chapter was added to the tale of ITT Educational Services, Inc. last week with the CFPB’s announcement that it had settled the lawsuit it filed against Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC (CU Connect), a...more

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CFPB Update: April 2019

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is a U.S. government agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The CFPB is the first federal agency tasked solely with the...more

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CFPB enters into settlement with payday retail lender

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a settlement with the owners of payday loan retail outlets that operated under the name “Cash Tyme” in seven states to resolve alleged violations of the Consumer Financial...more

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CFPB enters into settlement with off-shore lenders

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The CFPB has entered into a proposed settlement with a group of corporate and individual defendants who were alleged to have engaged in unlawful conduct in connection with offering “short-term loans to consumers located in...more

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Retailer enters US$11 million settlement with CFPB and New York Attorney General for store credit card practices

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On January 16, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General (NY AG) announced an US$11 million settlement with a large retail jeweler (Retailer) to resolve alleged violations of the...more

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CFPB announces settlement with broker of pension assignments

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The CFPB announced that it has entered a settlement with Mark Corbett to resolve the Bureau’s allegations that Mr. Corbett violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act in connection with his brokering of contracts providing...more

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CFPB and NYAG settle lawsuit alleging federal and state law violations in connection with merchant’s store credit cards

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The CFPB and New York Attorney General have agreed to a settlement with Sterling Jewelers Inc. of a lawsuit they filed jointly in a New York federal district court alleging federal and state law violations in connection with...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Anbang Insurance founder Wu Xiahoui’s fall from grace now includes an 18-year prison sentence for his conviction by a Shanghai court for using Anbang to “cheat investors out of more than $10 billion”....more

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