On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the issuance of its final rule to amend Regulation Z and further restrict credit card late payment fees (the “Final Rule”). With certain material...more
Welcome to the Financial Services Report, holiday style! Banks and non-banks alike started early this year with additions and changes to their regulator stockings. The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as the new CFPB Director....more
12/15/2021
/ BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reports ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Libor ,
OCC ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Payment Systems ,
Ransomware ,
Redlining ,
Risk Assessment ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Technology ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UDAAP ,
UDAP
On September 29, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) released its fifth biennial report on the consumer credit card market (“Report”). The Report summarizes the impact of the Credit Card...more
We join the nation in mourning the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Over her 20-year career before appointment to the D.C. circuit court, Justice Ginsburg fought for equal rights in the workplace, among...more
10/16/2020
/ Arbitration ,
BSA/AML ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
CRA ,
Credit Cards ,
Cybersecurity ,
ECOA ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FRB ,
Governor Newsom ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
OCC ,
Public Assistance ,
Ruth Bader Ginsberg ,
Safe Harbors ,
SBREFA ,
TCPA ,
Underwriting ,
Volcker Rule
On August 28, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a request for information (RFI) to gather feedback on two related, but separate, inquiries: (1) the economic impact on small entities of...more
On March 26, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the “Bureau”) announced that it is taking steps to temporarily assist financial institutions in meeting customer needs as a result of COVID-19. The CFPB...more
On August 27, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its fourth biennial report on the consumer credit card market (2019 Report or Report). The Report summarizes the CFPB’s views on the...more
On January 31, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a Request for Information (2019 RFI) regarding the consumer credit card market. In accordance with Section 502(a) of the Credit Card...more
On December 27, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) released its biennial report on the consumer credit card market (“2017 Report” or “Report”), which summarizes its views on the state of the...more
Following the Equifax security breach, it was reported that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) started to focus on cardholder transaction controls, such as how they are being offered in the marketplace to aid in...more
EDITOR’S NOTE -
Summer blockbuster season is officially upon us. Have you seen Wonder Woman yet? What about Guardians of the Galaxy Part 2? It’s déjà vu all over again with Baywatch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alien,...more
6/20/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman ,
Fair Lending ,
FCC ,
FinTech ,
First Amendment ,
HERA ,
Lending ,
Money Laundering ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Small Business ,
TCPA ,
Trump Administration
On June 15, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released proposed revisions to its final Prepaid Accounts Rule (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule was published in November 2016 and was subsequently amended to...more
On June 8, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held a Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) meeting, at which CFPB Director Richard Cordray discussed deferred-interest products. The CFPB also included in a press...more
On March 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a Request for Information (2017 RFI) regarding the consumer credit card market. In accordance with Section 502(a) of the Credit Card...more
3/16/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
CARD Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Deferred Interest Products ,
Innovation ,
Online Banking ,
Request For Information ,
Subprime Loans
On October 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its long-awaited final rule to further regulate prepaid card products, or “prepaid accounts” (the “Final Rule” or “Rule”). The Final Rule follows...more
Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published its monthly complaint report, this time focusing on complaints about prepaid products.
The complaint report notes that, as of February 1, 2016, the CFPB...more
On December 3, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or “Bureau”) released its second biennial report on the consumer credit card market (“Report”), as required by the Credit Card Accountability...more
On March 19, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a notice and request for information (“2015 RFI”) regarding the impact of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009...more
On February 26, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would suspend for one year the requirement that credit card issuers submit their agreements to the CFPB...more