Earlier this week, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) released a 50-State Complaint Snapshot. Credit reporting, debt collection, and mortgage continued to be the top three categories of complaints both...more
On October 24, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP), formerly known as the CFPB, entered into a Consent Order with Cash Express, LLC. Cash Express is a small dollar lender based in Cookeville, Tennessee,...more
10/26/2018
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Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
FDCPA ,
Set Off ,
Small Lenders ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Time-Barred Debt ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On October 17, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP), formerly known as the CFPB, announced that it plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)...more
Triton Management Group, Inc. (Triton) and several related companies entered into a consent order with the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) in which Triton agreed to a $1 civil money penalty, $500,000 in...more
7/25/2018
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Payment Schedules ,
Title Loans ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Security Group, Inc. and several of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a consent order with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in which it agreed to injunctive relief and to pay a $5 million penalty....more
6/21/2018
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Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Injunctive Relief ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a request for information about the credit card market. The CFPB uses responses to those requests, in conjunction with other data and research, to publish...more
3/14/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
CARD Act ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Deferred Interest Products ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Innovation ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Request For Information ,
Rewards Programs ,
UDAAP
Debt collectors filing suit often assume that the forum state’s statute of limitations will apply. However, a string of recent cases suggests that may not always be the case. The Ohio Supreme Court recently determined that,...more
11/8/2016
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Borrowers ,
Borrowing Statutes ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collectors ,
Default Judgment ,
Dismissals ,
FDCPA ,
Forum State ,
OH Supreme Court ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a consent order with Navy Federal Credit Union (Navy Federal) on October 11, 2016. While financial institutions should always analyze CFPB consent orders closely and...more
10/18/2016
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Unions ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
Electronic Account Restrictions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Institutions ,
U.S. Navy ,
UDAAP
Last week , the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) met with the Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC) to discuss the CFPB’s July 28, 2016, outline of the proposed debt collection rules (Outline) intended to...more
As noted previously, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an outline on July 28, 2016, of proposed debt collection rules intended to “drastically overhaul the debt collection market.” Earlier this week,...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an outline on July 28, 2016, of proposed debt collection rules intended to “drastically overhaul the debt collection market.” Pursuant to the Small Business Regulatory...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its long-awaited proposals for addressing its concerns in the debt collection industry yesterday. CFPB Director Richard Cordray acknowledged that the entity’s proposals...more
In Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn, the Ohio Supreme Court held “that the plaintiff in a foreclosure action must have standing at the time it files its complaint. But…the plaintiff [is not required to] submit proof of standing...more