Since the early 2010s, there has been explosive growth in the Buy Now Pay Later ("BNPL") space. One of the early players—Affirm—was founded in 2012 by a co-founder of PayPal. By 2022, there are dozens of players in the BNPL...more
On March 29, 2021, the primary federal bank regulators (the Federal Reserve, CFPB, the FDIC, the NCUA, and the OCC) issued a request for information to gain input on the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) by...more
4/2/2021
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
NCUA ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau” or “CFPB”) Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law (“Taskforce”) released a two-volume report, on January 5, 2021, providing an examination of the existing legal and...more
CFPB Director Kathleen L. Kraninger appeared Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 29 to deliver the Bureau’s most recent Semi-Annual Report to Congress. This report was particularly...more
The CFPB announced its plan to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) on consumer-authorized access to financial records. The announcement follows a symposium on the topic, which was hosted by the Bureau this...more
Earlier this week, the CFPB announced a final rule covering small dollar lending which rescinds the mandatory underwriting provisions of the 2017 Payday Lending Rule. ...more
The impact of the coming election, current pandemic and recent SCOTUS decision all have enormous impacts on the CFPB and the regulation of consumer finance. Join us for a review of the probable direction of the CFPB and what...more
Following nearly three years of litigation, the D.C. Circuit handed down a 7 to 3 ruling in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The two hundred fifty page opinion addressed not only the constitutional...more
2/8/2018
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Kickbacks ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
PHH Corp. v CFPB ,
Reinsurance ,
Removal For-Cause ,
RESPA ,
Single Director