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CFPB Spotlights Fees in School Lunch Payment Platforms

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On July 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an Issue Spotlight focusing on the fees associated with electronic payment platforms used by school districts to process school lunch payments. In...more

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CFPB Finds For-Profit Coding School Misrepresented Nature of Its Lending Products and Job Placement Rates

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to expand its presence into different businesses, including for-profit colleges. On April 17, 2024, the CFPB issued a consent order against a for-profit college for computer...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against BloomTech, Inc. for ISAs that Violate TILA, UDAAP, and the FTC’s Holder Rule

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On April 17th, the CFPB issued a consent order to a for-profit training school alleging numerous violations of law related to its use if income share agreements (“ISAs”). According to the Bureau, BloomTech, Inc. (“BloomTech”)...more

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CFPB Reports That College-Sponsored Financial Products Have Higher Fees and Less Favorable Terms

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 14th annual report to Congress in fulfillment of its requirements under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. For the...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 10, December 2023

In this final edition of the year, we cover the following issues of import for educational institutions: - CFPB scrutiny of college-sponsored financial products; - Changes ahead for Title IV program participants and...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Amends Higher Education Act to Address College Closures and Withholding Transcripts

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On October 24, the Biden-Harris administration announced amendments to the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). According to the fact sheet, the amendments are intended to allow the...more

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CFPB Details Concerns Over Tuition Payment Plan Practices at Higher Education Institutions

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On September 14, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on financial risks to students associated with school-issued tuition payment plans. Although the report acknowledges that many tuition...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 3, Issue 12

Student Loans - Supreme Court Likely to Rule that Biden Student Loan Plan is Illegal, Experts Say. Here’s What that Means for Borrowers - “Long before the president acted, Republicans had criticized student loan...more

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CFPB, Department of Education Take Aim at College-Sponsored Financial Products

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On October 13, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its annual report concerning banking products offered to students by financial institutions partnering with institutions of higher education (IHEs)....more

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CFPB Focuses on Student Loans — Especially Those Made by Schools — in Latest Supervisory Highlights

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On September 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights, focusing on student loan servicing. The report contained findings on federal student loan...more

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U.S. Department of Education Officially Asserts Authority over Income Share Agreements

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On March 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) for the first time asserted regulatory authority over income share agreements (ISAs) as private education loans. FSA issued an...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter -October 2021

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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

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Student Lending: CFPB Investigates Point-of-Sale Financing

A leading online payments system platform that offers point-of-sale (POS) financing reports it received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for allowing educational...more

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CFPB releases annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements

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The CFPB has released its eighth annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements.  The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act.  (The first two reports were issued by the Federal Reserve Board.)...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2019 | Top Story: Global Volatility Sends Bonds Yields to Near-Record Lows

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A volatile August on Wall Street has insiders asking whether we should be taking our cues from 1998 or 2007. With that in mind, our financial term of the week is “countercyclical capital buffer,” a wonkish special for you...more

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What Schools Need to Know About CFPB’s Prepaid Accounts Regulation

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Counsel at schools and universities understandably don’t follow legal developments in financial services very closely, but recent changes in regulations affecting prepaid accounts could impact institutions of higher...more

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CFPB releases seventh annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements

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The CFPB has released its seventh annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements.  The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act....more

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D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of the CFPB’s Investigation of a College Accrediting Organization

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On April 21, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision denying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) petition to investigate a college...more

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Court declines to enjoin Dept. of Education termination of recognition status of college accrediting organization challenging CFPB...

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In December 2016, the Secretary of Education issued a decision adopting the decision of the Department of Education’s Senior Department Official terminating and withdrawing the Department’s recognition of the Accrediting...more

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D.C. Circuit hears oral argument on CFPB authority to issue CID to college accrediting organization

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Last week, the D. C. Circuit held oral argument in the CFPB’s appeal from the D.C. federal district court’s April 2016 ruling that the CFPB exceeded its statutory authority when it issued a CID to the Accrediting Council for...more

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Dept. of Ed. Bans Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements by Title IV Schools

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The U.S. Department of Education has issued a final rule that broadly addresses the ability of a student to assert a school's misconduct as a defense to repayment of a federal student loan. The final rule includes a ban on...more

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CFPB enters into consent order with for-profit college owner

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The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Bridgepoint Education, Inc., the owner of two for-profit colleges, to settle charges that the company’s representatives engaged in deceptive acts or practices...more

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U.S. Department of Education Outlines Loan Relief Pathway for Certain Students

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On March 11, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released an advanced proposal of rulemaking that would establish a more "borrower-friendly process" for students seeking loan relief triggered by unscrupulous conduct by...more

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Department of Education Creates Student Aid Enforcement Unit

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The U.S. Department of Education is creating a Student Aid Enforcement Unit to respond to allegations of illegal actions by higher education institutions. The announcement closely follows the Department's and Federal Trade...more

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CFPB releases report on college credit card agreements, student account toolkit and warning letters

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Earlier this week, the CFPB released  its sixth annual report on college credit card agreements, together with a new toolkit for schools to use when considering potential co-sponsorships of financial accounts, such as prepaid...more

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