Earlier this week, the Third Circuit rejected student loan servicer Heartland Campus Solutions, ECSI’s challenge to a CFPB civil investigative demand (CID), which sought information concerning ECSI’s “servicing of student...more
A divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company (Amex) over Ohio, sixteen other states and the United States based on the Court’s application of the theory...more
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President Trump formally nominated Kathy Kraninger to become the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) on June 18, 2018. While this nomination was a surprise to many due to Kraninger’s apparent...more
For many months, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has hinted it would focus its enforcement efforts on debt collection conduct. The Bureau’s settlement earlier this month with Security Group Inc., Security...more
New Priorities at the CFPB…
On February 12, 2018, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), Mick Mulvaney, released...more
Editors’ Note: The following is one part of DWT’s ongoing coverage of the 2017 CARD Act Report. Other parts include our prior PLA post The Consumer Credit Market: The CFPB’s 2017 CARD Act Report and a recent FSR webinar....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently published its biennial assessment of the consumer credit card market, titled “The Consumer Credit Card Market.” This report is based in part on responses provided by market...more
Richard Cordray, the director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), resigned from this post at the close of business last Friday, November 24. In a statement to staff, he said that Leandra English, the...more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) recently exercised its authority to enforce laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices committed by a financial institution under the Federal...more