Welcome to the Mortgage Origination and Servicing chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
Enforcement efforts are expected to increase in 2024 and will...more
Welcome to the Major US Supreme Court and Appellate Cases chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
The Supreme Court continues to take a close look at major...more
2/19/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Article III ,
But For Causation ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Welcome to the Market Overview chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
For the consumer finance industry, 2023 was all about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau)....more
Welcome to the Payday and Small-Dollar Lending chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
Regulators may take additional regulatory and enforcement action...more
Welcome to the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
Amendments to key rules and regulations will take effect in 2024,...more
2/16/2024
/ Amended Regulation ,
Biden Administration ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws
Welcome to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
States will continue to enact or update their mini-TCPA and...more
Welcome to the Fintech chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
The CFPB is expected to finalize rulemaking authorizing supervision of payment application...more
2/16/2024
/ Apple Pay ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
GAO ,
Google ,
New Legislation ,
Nonbank Firms ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Payment Systems ,
PayPal ,
Regulation Z ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Venmo ,
Wages
Welcome to the Debt Collection and Debt Settlement chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
Enforcement actions related to debt collection and debt...more
2/16/2024
/ Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Repair Services ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Student Loans ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule
Welcome to the Auto Loan Origination and Servicing chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
We anticipate that the CFPB will continue its attempts to combat...more
2/16/2024
/ Automotive Loans ,
CARS Rule ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Fees ,
Race Discrimination ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Welcome to the Credit Reporting chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from...more
2/15/2024
/ Annual Reports ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Repair Services ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Medical Bills ,
Medical Debt
Welcome to the Credit, Debit, or Prepaid Cards and Consumer Banking chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
We expect continued focus by the CFPB on “junk”...more
2/15/2024
/ Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit Cards ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excessive Fees ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Popular ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Regulation Z ,
Rulemaking Process
Welcome to the Student Lending chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review.
Looking Ahead to 2024 -
The CFPB will likely continue to focus on junk fees, nontransparent and other...more
2022 saw a flurry of regulatory activity by federal enforcement agencies — most notably, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, or Bureau) — as the industry began to experience the full effects of the change in...more
2/22/2023
/ Automotive Loans ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Mortgages ,
Payday Loans ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Privacy Laws ,
Student Loans
Key Takeaway: The Sixth Circuit largely affirmed the grant of a motion to dismiss, but reversed the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants had failed to select the lowest-cost share class of...more
[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier]
The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more
2/23/2022
/ AMG Capital Management LLC v FTC ,
Automotive Loans ,
Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Collins v Yellin ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Lenders ,
Loan Servicing ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Payday Loans ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Small Dollar Lenders ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
TransUnion LLC v Ramirez
In This Issue. Federal and state regulators continued to take action in the wake of the ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). As discussed in several Goodwin client alerts, Congress passed, and the President...more
4/6/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Governor Baker ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Health ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Remote Working ,
SBA ,
Shareholder Meetings ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Meetings
Over the past several weeks, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has sparked a litany of new orders, rules, laws, guidance, and plain asks from federal and state leaders, agencies, and courts. The President and federal and...more
3/27/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Late Fees ,
Moratorium ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
New Rules ,
Student Loans
It is imperative that financial institutions stay abreast of COVID-19-related issues as they develop and consider the risks of failing to implement the various policies espoused in the federal and state orders and guidance,...more
3/26/2020
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Moratorium ,
Relief Measures ,
State of Emergency ,
Student Loans
As Enforcement Watch reported in late September, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it had filed a proposed consent judgment in the United States District Court for Delaware to resolve claims...more
On September 14, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an opinion and order against two former mortgage companies and their former president and CEO. The order, which followed a previous jury...more
On December 16, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order relating to a Seattle-based payday lender and check-cashing company’s allegedly deceptive online...more
On November 30, 2016, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced that a federal jury in the Southern District of Texas issued a verdict finding several related mortgage companies and their CEO liable in...more
On November 18, 2016, the Attorney General for the State of Vermont (Vermont AG) announced that it had entered into a settlement with a California student loan debt consolidation company related to the company’s business of...more
On November 14, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced that four California individual defendants were sentenced for their participation in an allegedly fraudulent debt relief...more
On October 4, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order requiring that a racecar driver and several corporate defendants pay $1.3 billion in...more