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CFPB Floats Rescission of NBR Rule

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to redefine its priorities, and among the many policies targeted for change, the “Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders”...more

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2024 Year in Review: Fintech

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Financial technology — or fintech — companies will continue to receive increased regulatory scrutiny in 2025. The latter half of 2024 saw a rise in regulatory guidance and enforcement activity relating to fintechs and the...more

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Payments Docket – December 2024

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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

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Georgia Grants Fiserv a Special Banking Charter: A Major Milestone for Fintech and Nonbank Direct Access to Card Networks

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In a significant development since our last post, Fiserv’s application for a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank (MALPB) charter has been approved by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. This approval marks a...more

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CFPB to host ‘first look’ at nonbank enforcement order registry

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The CFPB has scheduled two sessions to provide a preview of its nonbank enforcement order registry. The virtual-only discussions are scheduled for September 30 and October 9. Both sessions will feature the same content....more

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House Republican introduces resolution to nullify CFPB non-bank registry rule

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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., on August 30, 2024 introduced in the House of Representatives a resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that would nullify the CFPB’s final nonbank registry rule....more

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CFPB Issues Initial Filing Instructions Guide for Nonbank Enforcement Order Registry

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As previously reported, in June 2024 the CFPB issued a final rule creating a Nonbank Enforcement Order Registry. The rule is effective on September 16, 2024, with registrations available beginning on October 16, 2024 pursuant...more

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Highlights from the CFPB’s Spring 2024 Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory agendas twice a year in voluntary...more

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California AG Leads Multistate Effort to Support CFPB’s Registry for Corporate Offenders

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California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta, along with a coalition of AGs, has submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding a proposed final rule. This rule aims to establish a registry of...more

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CFPB Issues Final Rule Creating Nonbank Enforcement Action Registry

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The CFPB issued its final rule, titled the Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders Final Rule, on June 3, 2024. The rule will require certain nonbank entities to register certain covered...more

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CFPB Issues Final Rule on Nonbank Registration of Enforcement Orders

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On June 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its final rule requiring covered nonbanks to register enforcement orders, and it is a doozy. Not only will covered nonbanks be required to register...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Proposal to Supervise Large...

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Our special guest is Brian Johnson, Managing Director of Patomak Global Partners and former CFPB Deputy Director. In Nov. 2023, the CFPB issued a proposed rule to supervise nonbank companies that qualify as larger...more

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CFPB Updates Risk-Based Nonbank Supervision Designation Process

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On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a procedural rule streamlining the designation proceedings for nonbank supervision based on a particular entity posing “risks to consumers.” As...more

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A CFPB First: Bureau Publicly Asserts “Dormant” Supervisory Authority Over Company

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On February 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an order, dated November 30, 2023, establishing supervisory authority over installment lender World Acceptance Corp. The CFPB found that it...more

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Republican lawmakers ask CFPB to reopen comment period on proposal to supervise nonbank providers of digital wallets and payment...

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Patrick McHenry, the Republican Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and two other Republican Committee members have sent a letter to Director Chopra regarding the CFPB’s proposed rule to supervise nonbank...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - January 2024 - A Hazy Shade of Winter With the CFPB

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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 January 2024 webinar....more

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CFPB Seeks to Expand Regulatory Powers Over Consumer Payment Tech Entities

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On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued a proposed rule that would grant it supervisory authority over major nonbank technology companies in the consumer digital payments space....more

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CFPB issues proposal to supervise nonbank providers of digital wallets and payment apps

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The CFPB has issued a proposed rule to supervise nonbank companies that qualify as larger participants in a market for “general-use digital consumer payment applications.”  Comments on the proposal are due by January 8, 2024...more

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Big Tech in the CFPB’s Crosshairs: Bureau Proposes to Supervise Larger Technology Companies Offering Digital Wallets and Payment...

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On November 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed rule with request for public comment to amend existing regulations defining “larger participants” the CFPB supervises by adding a new section to...more

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Nonbank floorplan lender and trade association for nonbank providers of equipment and vehicle financing file motion seeking to...

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Yet another unopposed emergency motion for leave to intervene has been filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule).  The latest proposed intervenors are XL Funding, LLC d/b/a...more

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CFPB Proposes Rule to Establish Public Registry of Non-Bank Entities Subject to Consumer Financial Protection Related Orders

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking comment on a proposed rule under which the CFPB would require non-bank covered entities that are subject to certain public agency and court orders to register with...more

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CFPB Flexes Supervisory Authority Over Nonbanks

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Nonbank lenders, fintech firms, and smaller entities that do not meet the CFPB's threshold of a "larger participant" in defined areas have avoided CFPB supervision, but that is changing. On Monday, the CFPB issued a press...more

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"Specialty Finance M&A: Market Update"

While activity in the traditional bank M&A market remained tepid, transactions involving nonbank specialty finance companies attracted strong interest from the private equity community and strategic buyers alike in 2014. ...more

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In The Cross-Hairs? Protecting Your Company Against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Investigations and Investors' Mortgage...

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Watch an in-depth webinar presented by Litigation Partner Philip R. Stein, about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's attempts to expand its jurisdiction and authority over consumer finance companies and financial...more

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