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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Orders Pawn Lender to Pay $9 Million for Alleged Military Lending Act Violations

On July 11, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed $9 million settlement resolving its November 2021 lawsuit against a national pawn lender and its subsidiaries. The company and its...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB ceases special supervision against installment lender

On May 22, an installment lender disclosed in a securities filing that the CFPB recently withdrew a 2023 order designating the company for supervision. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB claimed special oversight...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB seeks withdrawal from auto finance suit

On April 24, the CFPB filed a memorandum in support of a consent motion to withdraw as a plaintiff in its enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case involves the CFPB and the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ohio AG Sues Mortgage Lender for Illegal Broker Steering Scheme

On April 17, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against a wholesale mortgage lender, alleging that the company engaged in a statewide scheme to mislead borrowers and inflate mortgage...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Complaint challenges New York attorney general’s classification of earned wage access as a loan

On April 7, an earned wage access (EWA) provider filed a complaint seeking declaratory relief against the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in U.S. SDNY. The plaintiff requested relief from the OAG’s enforcement...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC acts against finance app for alleged deceptive cash advance practices

On March 27, the FTC announced an enforcement action resulting in a stipulated order from the U.S. SDNY regarding a cash advance company’s alleged violations of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1

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Our podcast show being released today is Part 1 of a repurposed interactive webinar that we presented on March 24, featuring two of the leading journalists who cover the CFPB - Jon Hill from Law360 and Evan Weinberger from...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoForecast: State AGs and Consumer Financial Protection: Anticipating Shifts in Enforcement Focus

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) faces uncertainty, state attorneys general (state AGs) are poised to fill the enforcement gap in consumer financial protection. With the CFPB’s future in question, state AGs...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFPB Drops Challenge That Lease-to-Own Agreements Be Regulated As "Credit"

On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its high-profile enforcement action against Acima in Utah federal district court. This is yet another CFPB matter that has hit the dust following the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California DFPI Reaches Settlement with Lender Over Crypto-Backed Loans

On December 23, 2024, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced a consent order with a lender to resolve its investigation into the company’s crypto-backed lending program, which the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB voluntarily dismisses enforcement action with prejudice

On February 21, the CFPB voluntarily dismissed its case against an online lending platform, ending a suit filed in May 2024. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB sued the platform last spring, alleging it violated the...more

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CFPB Takes a Stance on Home Equity Contracts

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On January 15, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CPFB” or the “Bureau”) took three coordinated actions related to home equity contracts (also referred to as “home equity investments,” “home equity agreements,”...more

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CFPB Announces Plans to Regulate Nonbank Personal Loan Providers

On January 8, the CFPB announced its intent to pursue rulemaking that would allow the agency to oversee nonbank personal loan lender. The announcement came in response to a petition filed in September 2022 by the Consumer...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Lower Criminal Interest Rate Now in Effect

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As detailed in our prior blog the Government of Canada proposed amendments to lower the criminal interest rate to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 35 percent (the prior criminal interest rate, being an effective rate of 60...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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