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Credit Card Late Fees Scrutinized by CFPB

Financial institutions' longstanding practice of charging fees to consumers for the late payment of credit card debts is under scrutiny from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its Director, Rohit Chopra....more

Advertising and Issuing Credit Online

DWT’s Payments Team participated in the ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee’s Winter Meeting in Park City, Utah last week. Andrew Owens delivered a presentation on advertising and issuing credit online during the...more

CARD Act Report Summary

The CFPB recently issued its 2015 CARD Act report on the consumer credit card market (the “Report”). The Report cites a significant amount of data with respect to the credit card market, including regarding use – e.g., number...more

The Consumer Credit Card Market

Credit cards are central to the financial lives of most American consumers. Credit cards represent a key medium for U.S. consumer spending. In the first six months of 2015 alone, there were some 14.5 billion U.S. general...more

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Sponsors Small-Dollar Credit Conference

On July 11-12, 2013, DWT partner Andy Owens attended a conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Federal Reserve) entitled Small-Dollar Credit: Products, Economics, and Regulation....more

CFPB Files Complaint Against Debt-Relief Company; First Time Reliance on “Abusive” Acts and Practices Prohibition

On May 30, 2013, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) filed a complaint in federal district court against American Debt Settlement Solutions, Inc. (“ADSS”), a Florida debt-relief company, and its owner....more

Bureau Proposes Further Revisions to Remittance Transfer Rules

On December 31, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) published in the Federal Register revisions (“Proposal”) to rules on international remittance transfers that the agency published in February 2012 and...more

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