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An initiative designed to add significant regulatory obligations to the home improvement and solar financing industries is progressing through the California legislature. Senate Bill 784 (SB 784) passed the California Senate...more
Currently available in approximately 40 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) is a locally administered financing program that provides...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
CFPB Imposes $5 Cap on Overdraft Fees Charged by Large Banks - The CFPB has adopted a final rule capping overdraft fees at $5 for banks and other depository institutions with more than $10 billion in assets (covered...more
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, the CFPB finalized a rule concerning Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The final rule integrated existing residential mortgage protections to PACE loans, providing TILA and RESPA disclosure...more
The CFPB has issued a list of regulatory matters under consideration between now and October, 2025, although many of the regulatory initiatives face an uncertain future once the Trump Administration takes office....more
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its semiannual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. This agenda includes a mix of rules in the pre-rulemaking, proposed...more
The current and incoming Republican leaders of the House Financial Services Committee have asked financial regulators, including the CFPB, to stop “finalizing partisan rulemaking” over the next several weeks....more
On May 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule to establish consumer protections for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans....more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Act) directs the CFPB to prescribe Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ability-to-repay (ATR) rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The CFPB...more
On May 1, the CFPB announced a proposed rule which would prescribe ability-to-repay (ATR) rules to residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and apply TILA’s civil liability provisions for violations. The...more
Effective January 1, 2022, California implemented several important changes to its consumer protection laws, ranging from data privacy to debt collection to updates to the Consumer Legal Remedies Act....more
On November 16, the California DFPI released Version 2.0 of its Annual Report of Finance Lenders, Brokers and PACE Administrators Licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL). The Annual Report examined unaudited data...more
The CFPB has published its Fall 2019 rulemaking agenda as part of the Fall 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget....more
The CFPB has published its Spring 2019 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has opened the public comment phase on its proposed rules on regulation of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans for upfront costs of eligible energy improvements....more
On March 4, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on residential property assessed clean energy financing (PACE financing). The CFPB is seeking...more
Editor's Note - In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management released a No-Action Letter that relieves mutual fund directors from in-person voting requirements under...more
As we reported previously, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (Act) subjects Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing to Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ability-to-repay (ATR) requirements...more
On May 24, President Trump signed into law the most significant banking legislation since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) in 2010. The bill – named the Economic...more