Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans cannot use the pending budget reconciliation bill to eliminate funding to the CFPB in a June 23, 2025,...more
6/25/2025
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Federal Budget ,
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Senate Banking Committee ,
Trump Administration
The CFPB has requested that a federal district court vacate the Biden-era Open Banking Rule (Rule) in a motion for summary judgment filed on May 30, 2025. The CFPB had previously submitted a status report to the U.S. District...more
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an extensive budget reconciliation bill that would reduce the CFPB budget by 70 percent. In a 215-214 vote along party lines, the budget cut first approved by the House Committee...more
The CFPB continues on its path to rescind what it considers to be unnecessary regulatory guidance, with two additional proposals recently published. First, the agency published an interim final rule on May 16, 2025, to...more
5/28/2025
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Rescission ,
RESPA ,
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The CFPB announced on May 6, 2025, that it will not prioritize enforcement actions taken on the basis of its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) interpretive rule (89 Fed. Reg. 47,068), which was issued in May 2024....more
In connection with its regulation titled "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)," implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 88 Fed. Reg....more
5/2/2025
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ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Lenders ,
Non-Enforcement ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), on behalf of 40 Democratic Senators, wrote a letter to CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought on April 28, 2025, expressing "grave concerns" about the agency's ability to fulfill more than...more
5/1/2025
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Regulatory Reform ,
Senate Banking Committee ,
Termination ,
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On April 15, 2025, Judge Mark T. Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered an order and final judgment vacating the CFPB's credit card penalty fees rule (the Late Fee Rule). Judge Pittman's...more
4/23/2025
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CARD Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Judicial Authority ,
Late Fees ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Settlement ,
Vacated
The CFPB will begin the process of discontinuing regulatory "guidance" and instead enforce the Administrative Procedure Act's rulemaking process. In a pair of internal memos circulated to all divisions and offices within the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has revealed its intention to make changes to the small business loan data collection and reporting rule (1071 Rule) in light of continued opposition from financial institutions...more
4/10/2025
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Loans ,
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Rulemaking Process ,
Section 1071 ,
Small Business Loans
Just two days before its Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans final rule was slated to go into effect (and eight years after it was finalized), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more
U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was appointed as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) on Feb. 3, 2025. In his capacity as acting director, Bessent reportedly...more
2/27/2025
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Dodd-Frank ,
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
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OCC ,
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