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Financial Services Committee Republicans call on CFPB to withdraw rules, guidance

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Republicans on the House Financial Services Financial Institutions Subcommittee have sent Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought a letter calling for the CFPB to withdraw a wide variety of final and proposed rules....more

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Senators Sanders, Hawley introduce legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10%

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Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. have introduced bipartisan legislation that could cap credit card interest rates at 10%....more

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Senators Sanders and Hawley Propose Legislation Capping Credit Card Interest Rates

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On February 4, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at immediately capping credit card interest rates at 10% for a period of five years. This initiative follows a...more

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CFPB Releases Final ‘Open Banking’ Rule on Personal Financial Data Rights

On October 22, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule (Rule) on personal financial data rights under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Rule imposes significant new obligations on...more

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Texas Federal Court Denies CFPB’s Motions and Finds Plaintiffs Likely to Succeed on the Merits in Significant Credit Card Late Fee...

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In a significant development in the ongoing litigation over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Final Rule on credit card late fees, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied...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 files its reply brief in support of the CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the credit card late fee...

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On August 22, 2024, the CFPB filed its reply brief in support of its motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction and lift the stay of the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule (“Rule”) in the lawsuit challenging the Rule....more

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Plaintiffs declare that Fort Worth Chamber is the CFPB’s “natural adversary” in their opposition brief to the CFPB’s motion to...

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On August 12, 2024, the plaintiffs filed their brief in opposition to the CFPB’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (Fort Worth Chamber) for lack of standing and if granted, transfer the case to the...more

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Plaintiffs file their brief in opposition to CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the credit card late fee...

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On August 8, 2024, the plaintiffs filed their brief in opposition to the CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule (“Rule”). In their brief, the...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - July 2024 # 5

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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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CFPB files motion to dismiss Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce for lack of standing and if granted, renews its motion to transfer the...

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On July 29, 2024, the CFPB filed a motion to dismiss the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce as a Plaintiff for lack of standing and if granted, transfer the case to a the Federal District Court for D.C. In its brief, the CFPB...more

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Judge Pittman (N.D. Texas) questions whether Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce has standing to pursue claims seeking to invalidate...

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We recently reported that on July 18 the CFPB, upon remand from the Fifth Circuit, re-filed its notice of supplemental authority in support of its motion to dismiss or transfer the case, motion to dissolve the preliminary...more

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CFPB Moves to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction and Supplements Motion to Transfer in Credit Card Late Fee Rule Case; Court...

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Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in support of its motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction that has stayed...more

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CFPB Refiles its Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of its Motion to Transfer Venue under Section 1406(a) and Motion and...

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On July 18, 2024, in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule (Rule), the CFPB refiled its notice of supplemental authority in support of its motion to dismiss or transfer the case, motion to dissolve the...more

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Fifth Circuit issues mandate in connection with its order reversing District Court’s order transferring venue to DC District Court...

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On July 11, 2024, the CFPB filed its unopposed Motion for the Immediate Issuance of the Mandate, the CFPB stated that they do not intend to seek a rehearing before the same panel or en banc and requested the Fifth Circuit to...more

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CFPB Isn’t Seeking a Rehearing and Petitions Fifth Circuit to Forthwith Issue Mandate in connection with the Writ of Mandamus...

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On July 11, 2024, the CFPB filed Respondent’s Motion for the Immediate Issuance of the Mandate. In the motion, the CFPB states that they do not plan to seek a rehearing before the same Fifth Circuit or En Banc and requests...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule Case Stays in Texas

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On June 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs’ petition for a writ of mandamus, effectively halting the transfer of the lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau)...more

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Chopra Delivers Testimony to Congress on Semi-Annual Report

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On June 4, 2024, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning April 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2023. On June 12, 2024, CFPB Director Chopra appeared before the Senate Banking...more

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Transfer Redux: Once again, CFPB Late Fee litigation transferred from Texas to DC, transfer challenged in Fifth Circuit

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In a replay of earlier events, in response to an emergency petition for writ of mandamus and administrative stay of transfer filed by the plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the legality of the CFPB’s credit card late fee...more

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Texas federal district court reopens lawsuit challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule and notifies D.D.C. to disregard...

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Monday, the Texas federal district court entered an order reopening the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) which it had transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and...more

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Fifth Circuit Reverses Transfer of Credit Card Late Fee Rule Lawsuit to D.C.

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On April 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order effectively reversing the district court’s decision to transfer the lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau)...more

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Fifth Circuit vacates district court order transferring to D.D.C. lawsuit challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule

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Last Friday, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the district court’s order transferring the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) to the U.S. District Court...more

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Fifth Circuit extends stay of district court order transferring to D.C. lawsuit challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule;...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals has extended until 5 p.m. CT today its administrative stay of the district court’s order transferring the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the Fifth Circuit’s...more

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CFPB Annual Report Sees Continued Increase in Consumer Reporting Complaints and Complaints Involving Fraudulent Activity, Student...

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On March 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Consumer Response Annual Report, providing a high-level overview of the 1,657,600 consumer complaints received by the Bureau from January 1...more

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Fifth Circuit Temporarily Halts Transfer of Credit Card Late Fee Rule Lawsuit

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On April 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order staying the district court’s decision to transfer the lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) credit card late fee rule...more

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