Amidst privacy concerns and booming technological innovation, Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced a bill proposed as the “Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019” (CFRPA) targeting...more
Two recent requests from lawmakers have provided student loan servicers and originators the opportunity to comment on hot-button issues for the industry:
The CFPB issued a Request for Information last week, seeking...more
The CFPB announced on Wednesday that it had filed a lawsuit against Navient Corporation, formerly part of Sallie Mae, and two of its subsidiaries for alleged “systematic” failures in student loan servicing. The complaint...more
Much of the regulatory focus for student lending has been directed toward Income Driven Repayment (IDR) plans in recent months. The first student loan related move in 2017 by the Departments of Education and Treasury is no...more
As expected, student loans were a major issue in 2016, as the presidential election brought the issue to the forefront and regulatory scrutiny continued to rise. 2017 is now upon us, and the CFPB wasted no time getting the...more
As regulatory pressure on student loan servicing continues to increase, servicers are paying close attention to the steady stream of news and publications issuing from the CFPB and the Department of Education. The most recent...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will not be flexing its rulemaking muscles in the student loan arena for some time to come, according to the CFPB’s spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The fall 2015 rulemaking...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a 2009 amendment to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) does not apply retroactively.
In a putative class action, Plaintiffs Mohammad and Rosa Talaie brought a claim...more
In Matt v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dismissed as moot a borrower’s claims that HSBC as Trustee for the investor lacked authority to act under the terms of the mortgage....more