In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to the credit card industry. The year saw the CFPB give a fair amount of attention to credit card products, with a focus on pricing....more
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more
In December 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that closes a loophole exempting overdraft loans from lending laws, a major step in the CFPB’s efforts to curb junk fees....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently finalized its “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions Rule,” introducing sweeping changes to how overdraft credit is structured and regulated for the...more
After nearly a year of speculation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) to cap overdraft fees that financial institutions with at least $10 billion in assets can assess to...more
On December 6, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a motion by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to dissolve a preliminary injunction that had enjoined its Credit...more
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) joined five other trade associations to sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its director Rohit Chopra in Texas Federal District Court, seeking a court...more
Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Final Rule capping most credit card late fees at $8. The CFPB believes its new rule may save consumers more than $10 billion a year in late fee charges for an...more
March 5, 2024- Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued a statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its final rule regarding credit card late fees...more
As part of its ongoing attack on bank fees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued two proposed rules to regulate fees charged by banks: one on overdraft services, and one on nonsufficient funds fees. The...more