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After the Supreme Court Judgement – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK?

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The types of consumer credit arrangements at issue in all of the relevant motor finance cases are “three-cornered” transactions. Motor dealers would offer a car for sale, which a member of the public would then see and wish...more

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UK Proposes New Approach To Regulate ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Market Amid Rising Consumer Debt Concerns

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In the UK, 14 million people used “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) at least once in the six months leading up to January 2023. Frequent users were more than four times as likely as other consumers to have missed a payment on a...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - August 2024 # 2

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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

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Canadian Government (Finally) Provides Certainty on Criminal Interest Rates

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As we have reported in prior blogs, the Government of Canada is moving forward with plans to lower the criminal interest rate to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 35 percent (the current criminal interest rate, being an...more

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Payday Lending Rule Slated to Take Effect, 7 Years Later

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On June 14, the CFPB published a press release announcing that its 2017 Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule (“Payday Lending Rule”) will go into effect on or about March 30, 2025. According to...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: An Insider’s View of the CFPB

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Our special guest this week is John Tonetti. After decades as an industry risk executive, Mr. Tonetti joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he worked for many years in roles including Debt Collection...more

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The CFPB's Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Implications and Industry Response — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros:...

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In this special crossover edition of The Consumer Finance Podcast and the Payments Pros podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Josh McBeain and Glen Trudel. They discuss the recent final credit card late fee rule issued by the...more

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Colorado AG Settles With Debt Management Company Over Failure to Provide Customers With Signed Agreements

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On November 3, Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser announced that his office reached a settlement with Touchstone Partners, Inc. (Touchstone), a noted debt management company. The AG’s allegations were that Touchstone...more

Alston & Bird

The COVID-19 National Emergency is Ending: Are mortgage servicers ready?

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A&B Abstract: On January 30, 2023, President Biden informed Congress that the COVID-19 National Emergency (the “COVID Emergency”) will be extended beyond March 1, 2023, but that he anticipates terminating the national...more

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CFPB v. Townstone Financial - Federal Court Limits Equal Credit Opportunity Act Claims to Lending “Applicants” Only

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​In Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) brought suit against Townstone, a mortgage broker/lender, and its co-founder and chief executive,...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Issue 10, 2022

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A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed that U.S. executives now consider cyberattacks the number one risk their companies face. Concerns about cybersecurity have moved beyond the Chief Information Security Office...more

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Connecticut Stops FinTech from Unlicensed Lending Activities

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On May 4, the Connecticut Department of Banking issued a temporary cease and desist order directing a peer-to-peer lending platform that connected borrowers with third-party lenders to cease its lending-related activities on...more

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CFPB Seeks Information on "Junk Fees" Charged by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services

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On January 26, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a "Request for Information Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services." In a contemporaneous statement, CFPB Director Rohit...more

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CFPB, The Roadmap Forward - Part One

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This article is the first of an exclusive three-part series interview with Jean Noonan, member of the CFPB Taskforce on Federal Consumer Law. In January 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) appointed a...more

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China Fintech – the Beginning of a New Regulatory Era?

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This alert outlines the recent potentially seismic shifts in the Fintech regulatory landscape affecting the regulation and commercial business model of China’s online micro-lending company ("MLC") sector – a part of the...more

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COVID-19 Collections Impact Bulletin: State Responses (December 2020 Update)

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Financial institutions, servicers, lenders, and debt collectors must stay up-to-date on evolving federal and state laws stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, as such laws impact all facets of consumer loan servicing and debt...more

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CFPB Issues No Action Letter Related to Use of Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Model

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On November 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter​ to an online loan marketplace company for its artificial intelligence (AI) loan origination and underwriting platform.​ ...more

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Consumer lender sets aside $21.7 million to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe

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South Carolina-based consumer lender World Acceptance Corporation announced recently that it had earmarked $21.7 million to resolve a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe into its compliance with the Foreign Corrupt...more

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FTC announces new and improved data security guidance

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On January 6, 2020, Andrew Smith, Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced three significant improvements to the FTC’s approach to data security enforcement cases....more

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House Financial Services Committee: “rent-a-bank” hearing on Feb. 5; Director Kraninger to testify on Feb. 6

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On Wednesday, February 5, the House Financial Services Committee will hold the first part of a two-part hearing on “rent-a-bank” structures. The hearing is titled “Rent-A-Bank Schemes and New Debt Traps: Assessing Efforts to...more

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NYDFS requires regulated institutions to submit plans describing preparations for LIBOR transition by Feb. 7

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The New York Department of Financial Services has sent a letter to the institutions that it regulates requiring each such institution, by February 7, 2020, to provide to DFS a description of its “plan to address its LIBOR...more

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Fintech in Brief: CFPB Blog Updates First No-Action Letter Results

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On August 4, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a blog summarizing some of the results of simulations and analyses on an alternative data and credit model developed by Upstart Network, Inc....more

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FTC enforcement to focus on fintech lenders

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Politico has reported that in remarks made at a fintech policy event last week, Andrew Smith, the FTC’s Director of Consumer Protection, indicated that fintech companies will be a focus of the FTC’s enforcement activities....more

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Third Circuit to Debt Collectors: “Use Your Real Name”

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If you are a debt collector calling to collect a debt and don’t use your “true name,” you may have violated Section 1692e(14) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). That is one of the lessons from a recent...more

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CFPB announces settlement with consumer lenders charged with unlawful debt collection and credit reporting practices

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Security Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (Security Group) to settle an administrative enforcement action that charged the companies with having engaged in...more

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