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Texas Mortgage Loan Rule Changes

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The Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending has proposed a wide-ranging overhaul of its rules concerning residential mortgage loan originators (RMLOs), loan companies, mortgage bankers, and servicers. Some of the...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Owners of Small Dollar Lender for Hiding Money to Avoid Penalties

On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an order to resolve its 2023 lawsuit against the former CEO of a short-term small dollar lender and his spouse, in connection with a series of fraudulent transfers...more

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CFPB Files Lawsuit Against SoLo Funds for Alleged Deceptive Lending Practices

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Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a complaint against SoLo Funds, Inc., a fintech company operating a small-dollar, short-term lending platform. The CFPB alleges that SoLo Funds...more

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CFPB Sues Fintech for Deceptive Practices Surrounding Tipping Service

On May 17, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a California-based fintech that operates a nationwide website and mobile-application based peer-to-peer lending platform through which consumers can obtain small-dollar, short-term...more

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New York AG Sues Yellowstone Capital Over Alleged “Fraudulent Loans” Targeting Small Businesses

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New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit on March 5 against Yellowstone Capital, its founder David Glass, and a network of 30 other affiliated companies and individuals. James alleges that Yellowstone...more

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9 Consumer Finance Issues to Note From CFPB Report

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In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report highlighting various unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices it claims to have uncovered during its supervisory examinations from July 2022 to...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 4, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Vocational Training Program Prehired to Pay Back $4.2 Million, Cancel Outstanding Loans

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A bipartisan coalition of 11 AGs, in conjunction with the CFPB, reached a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for Prehired, LLC and affiliated entities (collectively, “Prehired”) to resolve allegations that the company...more

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DC OAG Resolves Alleged Usury and Deceptive Acts Violations With Community Lending Platform

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On May 10, SoLo Funds, Inc. (Solo), one of the largest community lending platforms in the United States, entered into a settlement with the District of Columbia attorney general (OAG). The settlement resolves claims that the...more

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FDIC Releases Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights

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The FDIC has released its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights for 2022, covering the 3,000+ state-chartered banks and thrifts the FDIC supervises, most of which are community banks that provide credit and services...more

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Indiana AG Settles with Company over Allegedly Providing Unfair and Deceptive Personal Loans to Finance Auto Purchases

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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions announced a settlement in excess of $250,000 with Integrity Acceptance Corp., affiliated companies, and their owners to resolve...more

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AG Rokita Settles with Vehicle Loan Originators for over $250,000

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Indiana AG Todd Rokita settled with Integrity Acceptance Corp. and related entities (collectively, “Integrity Acceptance”) to resolve allegations that the companies violated the Indiana Uniform Consumer Credit Code and...more

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Senators ask FTC, CFPB to investigate deceptive listing agreements

In December, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the FTC and the CFPB requesting a review of a Florida-based real estate...more

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CFPB Blog: Stop Overcharging for Auto Loan Add-on Products

On May 2, the CFPB published a blog post demonstrating its commitment to “a fair, transparent, and competitive auto lending market” by calling attention to add-on products for which auto dealers and finance companies “often...more

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Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices: Tips

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If I told you I was going to give you money now and forcibly take it back from you a few days from now, that is a loan. If you paid me a fee for this, you’d probably presume this to be interest on your loan. But what if...more

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Lender Liability During COVID-19

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During an interview with Bloomberg TV on March 6th, Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, observed: “Economic time has stopped but financial time has not stopped.” An incisive summary as any of the current...more

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Class Action Roundup

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McClendon v. North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. (M.D. Tenn. 2019) - In McClendon, the plaintiff’s mother purchased a whole life insurance policy to insure the plaintiff’s brother, and subsequently took out a loan on...more

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CFPB continues to push the envelope in announcing settlement with brokers of pension advances

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The CFPB announced on August 14, 2019 that, subject to the approval of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Bureau and the Arkansas Attorney General have entered into a proposed settlement with...more

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What’s Old Is New: FTC Settles With Online Lender

An online lender recently agreed to pay a $3.85 million settlement to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly engaging in deceptive and unfair acts and practices relating to its consumer loans....more

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RD Legal Funding files letter on jurisdictional issues

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RD Legal Funding has submitted a letter to Judge Preska asking her to dismiss all of the federal claims of the New York Attorney General (NYAG). ...more

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FTC Files Complaint Against Lending Club for Allegedly Deceptive and Unfair Online Loan Practices

The FTC today filed a complaint against Lending Club alleging that it deceived consumers by advertising loans with “no hidden fees” and subsequently concealing substantial loan origination fees. The complaint points to...more

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Update on CFPB/NY AG lawsuit against RD Legal Funding

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RD Legal Funding, LLC is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it, two of its affiliates, and their individual principal in February 2017 by the CFPB and the New York Attorney General in a NY federal district court...more

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CFPB/NY AG lawsuit against RD Legal Funding may signal greater scrutiny of non-loan financial products such as merchant cash...

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The CFPB and the New York Attorney General this week filed an action against RD Legal Funding, LLC, two of its affiliates, and their principal (collectively, “RD”), alleging that a litigation settlement advance product...more

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Receiver for payday lenders sued by CFPB files malpractice lawsuit

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The court-appointed receiver for a group of interrelated companies sued by the CFPB in September 2014 for engaging in allegedly unlawful online payday lending activities has filed a malpractice lawsuit against the law firm...more

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Deferred-Interest Loan Products Cost Issuer $700,000 in CFPB Deal

Why it matters - Allegedly deceptive enrollment tactics by third-party marketers cost the issuer of healthcare credit cards $700,000 in a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Springstone...more

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