The CFPB recently announced that it has entered into a consent order with two affiliated companies that generate and provide employment background screening reports. The consent order settles charges that the companies, which...more
In its Fall 2015 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between May and August 2015, the CFPB highlights legal violations resolved using non-public supervisory actions involving consumer...more
The CFPB will be participating in the FTC’s third “Debt Collection Dialogue” to be held in in Atlanta, Georgia on November 18, 2015. Gregory Nodler, CFPB Senior Counsel for Enforcement Policy and Strategy, is scheduled to be...more
Consistent with recent indications from CFPB and Department of Justice officials that more redlining cases would soon be coming, the CFPB and DOJ have announced a proposed consent order with Hudson City Savings Bank to settle...more
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The CFPB will be participating in the FTC’s second “Debt Collection Dialogue” to be held in Dallas, Texas on September 29, 2015. Gregory Nodler, CFPB Senior Counsel for Enforcement Policy and Strategy, is scheduled to be a...more
The CFPB has issued its 2015 Plain Writing Act Compliance Report. Under the PWA, federal “executive agencies,” including the CFPB, are required to use plain language in documents that: are necessary for obtaining information...more
Below is an update on the lawsuits we have been following that state attorneys general and a state regulator have brought using their Dodd-Frank enforcement authority. Under Dodd-Frank Section 1042, a state AG or regulator is...more
The joint Federal Reserve/CFPB Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued its first listing of “major management challenges” facing the CFPB. These challenges represent what the OIG believes to be “the areas that,...more
The CFPB has announced that it will hold a forum on checking account screening policies and practices in Washington, D.C. on October 8, 2014.
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The CFPB has issued a final rule that extends for five years (until July 21, 2020) the temporary exception in its remittance transfer rule that allows insured depository institutions to estimate fees and exchange rates in...more
The CFPB’s headquarters renovations is now the subject of two ongoing projects of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), according to the OIG’s updated work plan as of July 25, 2014.
As the OIG indicates in the work...more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the results of its review the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund (CPF). The review was requested by Representative Shelley Moore Capito, who chairs the House Financial...more
In issuing its Consumer Response Annual Report analyzing complaints handled in 2013, the CFPB’s headline was that volume nearly doubled from 91,000 complaints received in 2012 to 163,700 complaints received in 2013.
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A Washington, D.C. federal district court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by Morgan Drexen against the CFPB that alleged the Bureau’s structure was unconstitutional because it violated the Constitution’s separation of powers....more
Although the House Financial Service Committee’s hearing last Thursday was entitled “The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” the contents of the report received little mention from committee...more
The CFPB has updated its small business guide on the remittance transfer rule to reflect the changes to the rule that were made this past May dealing with the scope of the error resolution procedures, disclosure of recipient...more
Earlier this month, we reported that Senator Mike Crapo, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, had sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking the GAO to investigate the CFPB’s data...more
In the latest installment in the CFPB data collection controversy, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on July 9 entitled “Examining How the...more
The CFPB has amended Regulation Z to remove the requirement that a card issuer must consider the independent ability to pay of an applicant who is 21 or older. The final rule, which will be effective upon publication in the...more
Earlier this week, the CFPB announced that it has created a new office intended to “enhance collaboration and communication” between the CFPB and bank and nonbank trade associations, financial institutions, and businesses....more
The only new item of information revealed by Director Cordray during his appearance yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee hearing (in response to a question from Senator Elizabeth Warren) was that he feels “quite...more
The CFPB, through its Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans, has issued a report to Congress and the SEC that makes recommendations for informing older consumers about the legitimacy of certifications of...more
In a recent post on its blog, the CFPB announced that its Research, Markets, and Regulations team is now studying the costs of complying with the consumer finance regulations the CFPB inherited from other agencies. The CFPB...more