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CFPB Orders Regional Bank to Pay $6.2 Million Related to Checking Account Overdraft Fees

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On December 7, 2023, the CFPB issued an order against a regional bank in Richmond, Virginia. The consent order alleges that the bank charged consumers overdraft fees without getting the proper consent and misled its customers...more

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Bureau Sues Snap Finance for Its Financing Options to Asset Limited Consumers

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On July 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) sued Snap Finance LLC, Snap R TO LLC, Snap Second Look LLC, Snap U.S. Holdings LLC, and Snap Finance Holdings LLC (collectively, the Snap Defendants or...more

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CFPB Sues Lease-To-Own Finance Company

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against a lease-to-own-finance company and several related companies (collectively, the "Company"), alleging that the Company violated various federal consumer...more

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CFPB Orders Payment Processor to Implement Information Security Program and Pay $25 Million Penalty

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On June 27, 2023, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against a payment processor headquartered in Elkhorn, Nebraska. The order alleges that on a single date in 2021, the processor erroneously initiated about 1.4...more

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FTC Approves Consent Order with Payment Card Network Operator for EFTA Violations

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​​​​​​​On May 30, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had finalized a consent order with one of the nation’s largest credit and debit card providers in an administrative action regarding alleged...more

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CFPB Enters Into $700,000 Consent Order With Remittance Company for Alleged EFTA and Reg E Violations

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​On December 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had reached a settlement with an international remittance company to resolve alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act...more

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CFPB Orders International Remittance Company to Pay $700,000 Penalty

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On December 22, 2022, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against an International Remittance Company headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. The order alleges that from 2013 until 2021, the International...more

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CFPB Issues Consent Order Against Money Transfer Company for Remittance Failures

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On October 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has issued a consent order against a nonbank provider of a money transfer service for multiple violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer...more

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CFPB and NY AG Sue Remittance Provider, citing “Repeat Offender”

On April 21, the CFPB and New York Attorney General’s Office filed a complaint against a remittance provider alleging that the provider (i) repeatedly gave senders inaccurate information about when their remittance transfers...more

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CFPB Sues TransUnion and Senior Executive for Violating Law Enforcement Order Prohibiting Deceptive Marketing

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On April 12, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in federal court against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and its longtime executive for failing to implement...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - January Top 10

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Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for financial services providers to consider. In this month's article, we...more

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CFPB Announces $2.175 Million Settlement with Company Offering Installment Loans

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On December 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a lender that provided installment loans to consumers affiliated with the military over the...more

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CFPB Secures Consent Order Against Student Loan Servicer for Failure to Comply with 2015 Consent Order and Alleged Deceptive Acts...

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On December 22, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced​ that it had secured a consent order ​against a national student loan servicer based on its failure to comply with a 2015 consent order issued by...more

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CFPB issues annual report on TILA, EFTA, and CARD Act

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The CFPB has issued its annual report on TILA, EFTA, and the CARD Act which covers activity in 2016 and 2017.  The report provides brief summaries of the 2016 and 2017 enforcement actions brought by the CFPB and other federal...more

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CFPB’s First Remittance Transfer Rule Enforcement Action

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Earlier this week, the CFPB announced a consent order with Maxitransfers Corporation, a remittance transfer provider that allows consumers to electronically transfer funds to people or companies in foreign countries. As the...more

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CFPB Enters Into $15.5 Million Consent Order with Bank Over Stop Payment and Error Resolution Practices

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On January 3, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a $15.5 million consent order with a federally-chartered savings association bank. The consent order resolves allegations...more

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CFPB Enters Consent Order with Lender Over Defective Disclosures

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On December 20, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a mid-Atlantic financing company over allegations that the company entered into revolving-credit...more

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CFPB Supervisory Highlights – January 2016 to April 2016

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On June 30, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released the twelfth edition of its Supervisory Highlights report (“Report”), which focused on supervision work completed between January and April 2016. The...more

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CFPB Orders National Bank to Pay $10 Million for Overdraft Practices

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On July 14, 2016, the CFPB announced that it ordered a bank to pay $10 million in fines for its overdraft service practices. According to the CFPB, the bank’s telemarketing vendor used allegedly deceptive marketing and sales...more

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FTC Brings First ROSCA Enforcement Action

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently brought its first enforcement action under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA) against multiple defendants that the FTC alleges engaged in a common enterprise to...more

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