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The CFPB is proposing a rule that standardizes determinations that nonbanks pose “risks to consumers,” a move that could result in fewer nonbanks being designated as posing risk and thus subject to CFPB supervisory...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is taking a significant step to modify its supervisory approach to nonbanks by publishing a proposed rule advancing a more stringent definition of “risks to consumers”...more
The CFPB on Aug. 26, 2025, issued a proposed rule to adopt a legal standard applicable to supervisory designation proceedings. Specifically, the CFPB is proposing to adopt a standard definition of "risks to consumers with...more
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a lower court decision that had temporarily blocked mass layoffs at the CFPB. The case arose after the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) challenged...more
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision in the case of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). The appellate court...more
On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s medical debt rule. The final rule, originally scheduled to go into effect in March of this...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by veteran litigators Jason Manning and Carter Nichols to explore litigation implications following the CFPB’s withdrawal of nearly 70 pieces of informal...more
On July 30, the CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer, Mark Paoletta, responded to a June GAO letter which raised several questions about the Bureau’s authority to request or decline funding. In particular, the CFPB focused on GAO’s...more
On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports. The court also...more
On June 26, the Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Rep. Don Meuser (R-PA), sent a letter to the acting inspector general for the Fed and CFPB to investigate...more
On June 29, an intervenor-defendant, a fintech association, filed a motion for summary judgment urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to uphold the CFPB’s Section 1033 rule. The fintech...more
Last Friday, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. covering three separate lawsuits that were consolidated for purposes of argument and decision, held that Federal Courts may not grant a universal...more
On May 30, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stated in a court filing that its “Open Banking Rule” (Rule) issued during the Biden administration “is unlawful and should be set aside.” This shift is part of...more
U.S. District Court Judge Barbara J. Rothstein granted, in part, the CFPB's motion to withdraw its amicus brief filed by the Biden-era CFPB regarding the "proper interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's...more
On Friday, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the removal of Democratic Commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) without cause was unlawful....more
Effective May 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally revoked 67 different guidance documents by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. The CFPB's action covers various guidance documents, interpretive...more
In its motion for a summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the regulation, the CFPB stated it has concluded that the Section 1033 Rule (Rule) exceeds the agency’s statutory authority to create an open banking system...more
On May 15, the CFPB rescinded its May 2022 interpretive rule that had expanded state enforcement authority under Section 1042 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). The Bureau now maintains that the previous...more
On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) officially rescinded its May 2022 interpretive rule concerning the scope of state enforcement authority under § 1042 of the Consumer Financial Protection...more
On May 15, the CFPB published a Federal Register notice withdrawing its interpretive rule on the scope of state enforcement under Section 1042 of the CFPA. Under the new administration, the Bureau deemed the interpretative...more
As if the saga of litigation involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts (“NCSLT”) that has been going on since 2017 has not been protracted and complicated...more
Effective May 12, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) formally revoked 67 different guidance documents by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. The CFPB’s action covers various guidance documents,...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced the withdrawal of 67 regulatory guidance documents, including interpretive rules, policy statements, and advisory opinions that have been issued since the...more
Following a brief pause under new leadership, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resumed activities, albeit significantly in retreat from the positions taken by the prior administration. In a case involving...more
On March 17, a bank again asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to dismiss the CFPB’s suit against the bank. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the Bureau filed an amended complaint after the...more