Podcast - An Overview of State Attorney General Consumer Protection Enforcement
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Podcast - New Guidance on Complying with FTC Rule on Deceptive and Unfair Fees
Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 2
Requiem for the Rules: The Rise and Fall of the Junk Fee and CARS Rules — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The FTC and Connecticut Join Forces for Action Against Nissan Dealer
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Proposed Rules on Overdraft and Nonsufficient Funds Fees
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Federal Trade Commission: Looking Back at 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024 and Beyond
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The FTC Takes Initiative to Stop Junk Fees
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Biden Admin “Junk Fees” Initiative Continues: What the Latest Actions Mean for the Consumer Financial Services and Rental Housing Industries, Pt 1
AD Nauseam: Junk Fees Will Keep Us Together
CFPB’s War on Junk Fees - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Recent Tenth Circuit Decision in John Q Hammons Fall Following SCOTUS’ Decision in Siegel v. Fitzgerald Could Result in Significant Refunds for Certain Chapter 11 Debtors
The Constitutionality of Increased Trustee Fees In Bankruptcy
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Immigration Insights Podcast: International Entrepreneur Parole Program & Biometrics Requirement
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final policy statement PS25/8, accompanied by an updated webpage, confirming the regulatory fees and levies for the financial year 2025/26. This follows the FCA's April...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued final policy statement PS10/25, setting out the annual fees for the 2025/26 financial year, following the consultation in April (CP8/25). The final policy introduces...more
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed legislation that will impact the banking and financial services industries in the state. It becomes effective July 1, 2025. The Georgia General Assembly adjourned the 2025 legislative...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation setting out proposals for its fees for 2025/26. The proposals would make amendments to the Fees Part of the PRA Rulebook (Appendix) and include: (i) the...more
On February 6, 2025, the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois declined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop an Illinois “swipe fee” law that would ban certain credit and debit card fees from applying...more
On January 22, 2025, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced proposed regulations that would limit fees associated with overdrafts, nonsufficient funds (NSF) transactions and returned deposit...more
On January 14, Governor Kathy Hochul announced new proposals to protect New York consumers as part of her 2025 State of the State. Her proposals included legislation to: (i) combat algorithmic price discrimination by...more
What Happened? On December 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final “overdraft lending” rule aimed at curbing overdraft fees charged by banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion in...more
The topic of “junk fees” has been in the headlines, spurred by legislative action across various sectors. From regulations on credit card late fees to the Federal TICKET Act targeting concert event fees, lawmakers are...more
The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features why the CFPB’s open banking rule is under fire, a convenience fee that steals your lunch...more
CFPB Issues Filing Instructions Guide for Small Business Lending Data - The CFPB has published instructions for banks and other covered financial institutions to submit small business lending data that is required to be...more
On July 25, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on the costs and potential risks to families using electronic payment platforms to load money to their children’s school lunch accounts. The...more
Headlines 1. Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Funding Structure The Supreme Court has ruled that the statutory authorization that allows the CFPB to draw funds from the earnings of the Federal Reserve...more
On May 9, the House Committee on Small Business expressed concerns in a letter addressed to CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, on a proposed rule that would ban charging insufficient fund fees (NSF fees) on declined transactions...more
On April 24, the CFPB released its latest edition of Supervisory Highlights detailing the agency’s actions taken to combat “junk fees” it alleges are charged by mortgage servicers. This spotlight on fees in mortgage servicing...more
On April 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted the FDIC’s motion to dismiss in a case brought by a trade association and a commercial bank challenging the FDIC’s guidance related to insufficient...more
The term “junk fee” is not defined under federal law, but the CFPB has focused on factors such as whether the fee would be unexpected to or take advantage of a reasonable consumer, the amount of the fee compared to the cost...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2024 webinar. Bite 10: CFPB Issues Statement on Privacy and Personal Data - On February 28, 2024, the CFPB issued a statement on...more
There were some key publications this week in relation to financial crime, including a Commission request for the EBA to advise on standards and guidelines under the future AML/CFT framework in Europe and, in the UK, an HMT...more
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more
On January 9, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued an order against a consumer financing platform that enables merchants to offer installment contracts to their customers. The...more
The CFPB recently proposed two rules on its continuing war on so-called junk fees. The first rule, proposed on January 17, target’s bank overdraft programs. Currently, financial institutions that extend overdraft loans...more
On January 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding proposed changes to overdraft fee rules for certain banks and credit unions. In the widely...more
On December 19, 2023, the CFPB issued a new report on OD/NSF Fees entitled “Insights From the Making Ends Meet (MEM) Survey and Consumer Credit Panel (CCP)”. Overdrafts (ODs) occur if the financial institution elects to cover...more