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Mortgages Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act UDAAP

The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan.  A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +
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CFPB Bites of the Month - March 2024 - Here Comes the Sun and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2024 webinar. Bite 10: CFPB Issues Statement on Privacy and Personal Data - On February 28, 2024, the CFPB issued a statement on...more

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We Wish You a Happy Thanksgiving as We Count Our Blessings

As we all hit the grocery store for that forgotten cranberry sauce and send a few last urgent work emails, we hope everyone is able to be with friends and family this Thanksgiving. Here at Bradley, we are counting our...more

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CFPB Settles Claims For Alleged UDAAP And FCRA Violations By Companies Issuing Contracts For Deeds

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The CFPB has entered into a consent order with three companies to settle the Bureau’s claims that the companies violated the Dodd-Frank UDAAP prohibition and the FCRA in connection with contracts for deeds that they issued...more

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CFPB Winter 2020 Supervisory Highlights looks at debt collection, mortgage servicing, payday lending, student loan servicing

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The CFPB has released the Winter 2020 edition of its Supervisory Highlights.  The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations findings in the areas of debt collection, mortgage servicing, payday lending, and student loan...more

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CFPB issues Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights

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In its Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between May and August 2016, the CFPB highlights violations found by its examiners involving origination and servicing of auto...more

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What the PHH decision means for the CFPB’s UDAAP authority

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In addition to its implications for CFPB rulemaking, the D.C. Circuit’s decision in PHH Corporation v. CFPB has significant implications for the CFPB’s authority to enforce federal consumer financial protection laws as well...more

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CFPB Month in Review for August 2016

In case you missed it, here is what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was up to over the last month: Enforcement Actions and Litigation - Enforcement Action Against First National Bank of Omaha - ...more

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CFPB Examinations and Investigations: Defense Strategies and Best Practices

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The pursuit of examinations and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has created new challenges for entities that provide consumer financial products and services. Given the CFPB’s broad...more

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CFPB Takes Enforcement Action Against Loan Officer for Alleged Mortgage Fee Kickback Scheme

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Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the issuance of a consent decree with a former mortgage loan officer arising out of alleged violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act’s...more

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Financial Services Report, Fall 2015

BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more

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Florida and Connecticut AGs file lawsuit asserting Dodd-Frank enforcement authority

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On July 29, 2014, another Section 1042 lawsuit was filed jointly by the Attorneys General of Florida and Connecticut in a Florida federal court. The lawsuit alleges that four individuals and their four businesses formulated...more

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The NY DFS, the NY Attorney General and the CFPB: What’s in store for the CFS industry

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Wednesday night , Joy Feigenbaum , the New York Department of Financial Services’ (“DFS”) executive deputy superintendent, and Jane Aziza, the Chief of the Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection at the New York Attorney...more

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CFPB Issues Report on Problems in Mortgage Servicing - February 2014

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The CFPB released its Supervisory Highlights report highlighting problems in the mortgage servicing market during 2013. The report includes information gathered by the CFPB through its supervision program between July and...more

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Mortgage Servicing System Still Riddled With Problems According To Financial Watchdog

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), the financial watchdog agency created following the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in the financial products and...more

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Dodd-Frank News: July 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act Update

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In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Act Amendments to RESPA ..Amendments to Preemption Standards ..Whistleblower Protection ..SEC Final Rule Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Act Vacated ...more

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Are all FDCPA violations by creditors and servicers potential UDAAPs: a difference of opinion

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Jeff Sovern has written an interesting blog post about the CFPB’s recent Bulletin 2013-07 that warns creditors and servicers who are not covered by the FDCPA that their collection practices are subject to the CFPB’s authority...more

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