News & Analysis as of

Lenders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Automotive Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer groups show support of CFPB’s Auto Finance Data Pilot and urge the Bureau to expand its data collection

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In February 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) announced an auto finance data pilot, where it ordered nine large auto lenders to provide information about their auto lending portfolios....more

Goodwin

CFPB Reports Troubling Trends in Auto Loan Servicing

Goodwin on

On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new Supervisory Highlights report (Report) that sheds light on the CFPB’s observations and findings of unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Regulatory updates and considerations for GAP providers and creditors

McGlinchey Stafford on

Guaranteed asset protection (GAP) waivers have always held state regulators’ attention, but as vehicle price increases drive up consumer demand for debt cancellation agreements, regulatory scrutiny into such agreements is...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

ConsumerFi Podcast with Eric Johnson: The New Administration's Impact on the Auto Sales and Lending Industries

Hudson Cook, LLP on

The general consensus is that a Biden/Harris administration will mean a lot of changes for automotive finance and sales. But exactly what types of change and how quickly will changes occur? Just how bad for the industry will...more

McGuireWoods LLP

This Week in Congress: May 2018 #1

McGuireWoods LLP on

The House and Senate convene today at noon and 3 p.m., respectively. The White House is expected to submit an $11 billion rescissions package to Congress this week. The proposed spending cuts would target unused funds that...more

BakerHostetler

CFPB Auto Lending Rule May Be on the Way Out

BakerHostetler on

An Obama-era regulation intended to restrain discriminatory lending practices by automobile lenders appears to be on its way out. On April 18, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the Senate voted to repeal the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Senate Votes to Roll Back Auto Industry Lending Guidance from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On April 18, the Senate narrowly passed a resolution to roll back certain guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2013 pertaining to auto lending. As previously written about on a Foley & Lardner LLP...more

Baker Donelson

Indirect Auto Lending: GAO Opinion Sets Wheels in Motion for Regulatory Clarity

Baker Donelson on

A recent finding by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) could have a significant impact on the indirect auto lending industry. Last month, the GAO issued an opinion declaring that a Consumer Financial Protection...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Five Years Later: Five Takeaways From the Bulletin That Rocked the Auto Finance Industry

In 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin on indirect auto lending that took the industry by storm. As we approach the five-year anniversary of the memo’s issuance, it’s valuable to reflect on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2017 in Review: Three State Enforcement Trends Impacting the Auto Finance Industry

Auto lenders, like many private citizens, began 2017 curious as to what change the impending Trump administration would bring. In the landscape of government enforcement, however, the consensus amongst industry participants...more

McGuireWoods LLP

CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights Regarding Auto Lending

McGuireWoods LLP on

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued its Supervisory Highlights – Issue 12, Summer 2016 report, addressing, among other industries, automobile origination. The report reflects supervisory...more

Baker Donelson

CFPB Appears Poised to Increase Its Focus on Auto Lending

Baker Donelson on

The CFPB utilizes a risk-based analysis in its approach to its supervisory and enforcement efforts. The Bureau's risk-based approach includes factors such as the potential risk to a consumer from products offered in the...more

Burr & Forman

Dodd-Frank News: November 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

Burr & Forman on

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

Carlton Fields

CFPB Continues to Target Add-On Credit Products

Carlton Fields on

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has stepped up its enforcement actions alleging deceptive and unfair practices in marketing and billing for add-on credit protection products. Add-on products have been one of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Orders Indirect Auto Finance and Title Loan Companies to Pay $48.35 Million in Redress and Penalties For Abusive Debt...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has entered into a consent order with Westlake Services, LLC, an indirect auto finance company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Wilshire Consumer Credit, LLC, for alleged deceptive debt collection practices. The...more

Burr & Forman

CFPB Begins Supervising Nonbank Auto Finance Companies

Burr & Forman on

Beginning August 31, 2015, the CFPB will begin supervising nonbank auto finance companies pursuant to 12 C.F.R. 1090.108. The Final Rule provides that auto finance companies that qualify as “larger participants of a market...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Auto Finance Company Agrees to Change Dealer Compensation Policy to Settle CFPB and DOJ Fair Lending Claims

Ballard Spahr LLP on

To resolve charges by the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), American Honda...more

Baker Donelson

CFPB Shifts Focus to Auto Lending Industry

Baker Donelson on

Auto lenders and servicers be advised: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns its lonely eyes to you. On June 17, 2015, the CFPB brought an action in the Southern District of Ohio against Security National...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

CFPB Publishes Final Rule that Allows its Supervision of Nonbank Auto Finance Companies

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on

On June 10, CFPB published a final rule today that allows the agency to begin supervising large, nonbank auto finance companies for the first time. The newly adopted rule will extend the CFPB’s supervision to any nonbank auto...more

Carlton Fields

CFPB Continues Crackdown on Fair Lending: Marketing Materials Targeted

Carlton Fields on

In a recent guidance bulletin, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reminded mortgage lenders to heed their Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) obligations when considering applicants receiving public assistance income....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Lender Agrees to Pay CFPB $2.75 Million Fine for Distorting Credit Records

The CFPB obtained a consent order from an auto finance company that allegedly distorted consumer credit records for years. The auto finance company, which according to the CFPB lends primarily to subprime borrowers, allegedly...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

The CFPB Eyes Supervisory Regulation Over Large Auto-Lenders

Large auto-lenders may soon have to contend with a new regulator. In its most recent semi-annual report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) highlighted its intent to promulgate a new rule which would subject...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB to issue whitepaper on methodology for identifying auto finance discrimination and consider use of advisory opinions

Ballard Spahr LLP on

While Director Cordray’s appearance at the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing on the CFPB’s fifth Semi-Annual Report yesterday was accompanied by the usual dose of political theater, his testimony did yield the...more

Goodwin

CFPB Releases Fair Lending Report

Goodwin on

The CFPB released its Fair Lending Report to Congress, which provides an update on the CFPB’s efforts with respect to its fair lending mandate. Section 1013 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFPB’s Office of Fair Lending and...more

24 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide