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CFPB reaches settlement with FirstCash in connection with alleged MLA Violations

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The CFPB has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against FirstCash, Inc. and its 19 subsidiaries alleging violations of the Military Lending Act (MLA). The parties have jointly filed a stipulated final judgment and proposed...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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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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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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Minnesota AG Enters into Consent Order Over High-Cost Online Lenders, Discharging Over $1 Million in Loans

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On Tuesday, November 26, the Minnesota Attorney General’s office (AG) announced it filed a consent order to resolve allegations that online lenders were charging interest on loans in excess of the amounts prescribed under...more

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Will Mariner Finance Decision Lead State Regulators to Bring CFPA Claims?

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A lengthy decision recently issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania by Shapiro v. Mariner Fin., LLC, No. CV 22-3253, 2024 WL 169654 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 12, 2024) (Hodge, J.), may...more

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Opportunity Financial Scores Big Win in CA DFPI’s “True Lender” Lawsuit

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A California state court recently denied a preliminary injunction sought by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (the DFPI) in its long-running litigation against Opportunity Financial (OppFi)...more

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CFPB Files Complaint Against Pawnshop Lenders for Alleged Military Lending Act Violations

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On November 12, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against two pawnshop lenders, alleging...more

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CFPB Focus on Payday Lending: A Look Around the Corner

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With the change of administration in Washington, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) is widely expected to assume a posture of aggressive enforcement of consumer protection laws. One area that we...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against Online Lender for Alleged Violations of Military Lending Act

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On December 4, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed suit against an online lender that offers single-payment and installment loans to consumers for alleged violations of the Military...more

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CFPB Files Complaint Against Florida-Based Payday Lender

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On November 5, 2020, the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a complaint against a Florida-based payday lender and its CEO in the Southern District of Florida. The complaint alleges that...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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Financial Daily Dose 1.24.2020 | Top Story: OCC Hits Former Wells Fargo Execs With Enforcement Actions Over Sham-account Scandal

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The OCC announced yesterday that it’s bringing enforcement actions against five former Wells Fargo bank executives as part of their alleged roles in the bank’s sales practices scandal. The agency further revealed that it’s...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.14.2019 | Top Story: Fed Chair Talks Economy and Rates During Congressional Testimony

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Fed Chair Powell was far from the main attraction on the Hill yesterday, but hey, let’s keep it on topic here and note his belief that the U.S. economy is performing well even as certain risks—including “sluggish growth...more

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New York DFS and Other Regulators Launch Investigation into Payroll Advance Industry

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On August 6, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell announced that the DFS will lead a multistate investigation into the payroll advance industry and allegations of unlawful...more

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a press release this week to announce that it is leading a multistate investigation into the payroll advance industry.  A payroll advance allows an employee to access...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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What's Old is New Again: The Future of Bank Partnership Programs from Small Dollar Installment Loans to Mortgages to Everything

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Bank partnerships allow banks to offer loans to consumers and businesses by leveraging the resources of non-bank entities. The relationships between banks and their non-bank entity partners have existed for many years. In the...more

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CA Dept. of Business Oversight files action against title lender for CA law violations; launches investigation into whether...

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The California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) has filed an administrative enforcement action against a title lender for alleged violations of California law and launched an investigation into whether the interest...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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Virginia Attorney General obtains default judgment in lawsuit against pension advance company

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Virginia’s Attorney General has announced that “he has secured more than $50 million in debt relief and ordered civil penalties” as a result of his lawsuit filed in state court in March 2018 against Future Income Payments...more

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Risky times for some Internet lenders

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A recent decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court serves as a painful reminder to Internet lenders of the perils of relying on choice-of-law provisions or arguments citing the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution to avoid...more

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Why Does the CFPB Want to Curb Auto Lenders’ Discretion to Charge Higher or Lower Interest Rates?

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On July 14, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced they had reached a “groundbreaking settlement” with American Honda Finance Corporation (“Honda”).(1) The...more

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