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The State Consumer Protection Beat: State AGs Kick Off 2025 with a String of Actions and Support for the CFPB

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The first two months of 2025 were filled with numerous consumer protection actions by state AGs against vehicle dealers and players in the mortgage space, among others. ...more

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51 State Financial Regulatory Agencies Enter Settlement and Consent Order with Nonbank Mortgage Servicing Companies

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​​​​​​​​On January 9, 2025, 51 State Financial Regulatory Agencies (the “Agencies”) announced a coordinated consent order and settlement agreement with nonbank mor​tgage servicing companies (the “Companies”). ...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Fay Servicing for Alleged Violations of Mortgage Servicing Laws and Prior Enforcement Orders

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On August 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against Fay Servicing, a nonbank mortgage servicer, for alleged violations of federal mortgage servicing laws and...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Servicer for Alleged Order Violations and Servicing Errors

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On August 21, 2024, the CFPB issued a Consent Order against the Company citing alleged failure to provide accurate information about loss mitigation options and improper handling of loan modifications. The Consent Order...more

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CFPB Enters Into Consent Order With Mortgage Servicer Resolving Allegations of Improper Foreclosure Practices

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On August 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)​ announced​ that it entered into a consent order with a​ Florida-based mortgage servicer, resolving allegations related to the mortgage servicer’s...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - July 2024 - The CFPB Shines Like the 4th of July

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more

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State Licensing Pitfalls Mortgage Servicers Must Beware

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In many states, a company that services a residential mortgage loan by collecting payments from borrowers must hold a mortgage servicer license. What can come as a surprise, however, is that those licenses can also apply to...more

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CFPB Imposes Bans from Reverse Mortgage Servicing, $11.5 Million Restitution, and $5 Million in Civil Money Penalties for...

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The CFPB entered into consent orders with a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ("HECM," also known as a "reverse mortgage") servicing contractor, its subcontractor, and two of its subcontractor's subsidiaries. The U.S....more

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Company Violates Mortgage Law by Holding Servicing Rights without License

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It is usually no surprise to companies operating in the financial services space that they may need a state license to make or service consumer loans. That is particularly true when the loans are highly regulated residential...more

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CFPB settles action against processor of mortgage payments for erroneous processing of payments and deficient information security...

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The CFPB announced this week that it has entered into a consent order with ACI Worldwide Corp. and one of its subsidiaries, ACI Payments, Inc., in connection with more than 1.4 million erroneous electronic fund transfer...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - May 2023 - May I Have Another, CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the May 2023 webinar....more

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CFPB Enters into $5.25 Million Consent Order with California Mortgage Servicer

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On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a California-based mortgage servicer concerning its purported failure to provide certain borrowers...more

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2021 Year in Review: Consumer Finance

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[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - April Top 10

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Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for financial services providers to consider. In this month's article, we...more

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Will You Need a License to Hold MSRs in Maryland?

The question of whether a state mortgage finance licensing obligation arises to acquire and hold mortgage loans or mortgage loan servicing rights has often generated confusion and raised questions among mortgage finance...more

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Lessons Learned from New York’s Second Cybersecurity Action

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has announced its second regulatory enforcement action against a regulated entity (a New York licensed mortgage banker and loan servicer) for violating NYDFS’s...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: PPP Borrowers And Lenders Under The Microscope

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In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule that would establish a revised framework for the fair value determination for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and have...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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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update

A degree of uncertainty hangs over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following the November 2017 resignation of its first director, Richard Cordray. On his last day in office, Cordray appointed his chief of...more

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CFPB Month in Review for August 2016

In case you missed it, here is what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was up to over the last month: Enforcement Actions and Litigation - Enforcement Action Against First National Bank of Omaha - ...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

10 Questions to Ask your Law Firm Vendor Management Program (Part 1)

Law firms providing mortgage servicer clients default-related legal services are vendors, and financial services companies need to treat them as such. Not only that, law firms often interact directly and continuously with...more

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