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As previously reported, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Act), enacted in 2018, directs the CFPB to prescribe regulations that apply Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ability-to-repay (ATR)...more
On December 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule implementing Section 307 of the 2018 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) and amending...more
On November 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on matched-pair testing in small business lending, highlighting potential racial discrimination. The study reveals that Black small business...more
A new “Auto Finance Special Edition” of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Supervisory Highlights was released on October 7, 2024, and it is important for those overseeing compliance in their auto...more
On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued notice of a proposed interpretive rule (Rule) that walks back a prior 2020 Advisory Opinion on the manner in which Regulation Z defines “credit.” The...more
In this report on the solar financing marketplace, which is characterized as an “Issue Spotlight”, the CFPB identifies four areas that they view to present risks to consumers. In the press release accompanying the report,...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Petitioners in the challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule (“CARS Rule”) filed their Petitioners’ Brief on March 15, 2004 in support of their petition for review, and a who’s who...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a final rule that is squarely aimed at changing the way dealers interact with customers in the financing process. The final rule takes effect on July 30, 2024....more
On October 18, a bill was introduced in the Illinois legislature that, if enacted, would require medical providers to provide certain disclosures to patients when referring them to third-party medical financing plans. If...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced on Monday that it and 41 states and the District of Columbia had resolved a multistate investigation in the leasing activities engaged in by specialty consumer...more
On May 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report and a proposed rule to clarify and strengthen its regulation of so-called Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. PACE financing is...more
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Caleb Rosenberg and Josh McBeain as they discuss a string of recent developments in small business financing at both the state and federal level, including...more
The California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), established in September of 2020 under Governor Newsom, augmented the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation’s (“DFPI”) authoritative ability by increasing...more
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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis for a solo episode as he shares his thoughts about the recent lawsuit between the CFPB and the New York State Office of the Attorney General against a subprime auto finance...more
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On August 3, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a Request for Information (RFI) that seeks comment on ways to clarify the Equal Credit Opportunity Act’s (ECOA) implementing regulation, Regulation...more
In January 2020 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a request for input on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) transactions involving residential property. ...more
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