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CFPB files and prosecutes yet another enforcement lawsuit using funds obtained in violation of the CFPB’s enabling statute...

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The Introduction to the Complaint which was filed by the CFPB on May 17, 2024 against Solo Funding, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Central District of California – Western Division Los Angeles (Judge R. Gary...more

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Lender Fights Back Against CFPB Lawsuit, Arguing Unconstitutional Delegation of Power and Other Constitutional Violations

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On July 30, 2024, Heights Finance Holding Co. f/k/a Southern Management Corporation and a group of its wholly-owned, state-licensed subsidiaries (collectively, “Southern”) filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings (the...more

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Another target of CFPB enforcement action argues that lawsuit filed on August 23, 2023 must be dismissed because the CFPB lacked...

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We have recently blogged about two other actions in which this issue has been raised (one being a declaratory judgment action filed against the CFPB on July 23, 2024 in the E.D. Tex. and the other being an enforcement action...more

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CFPB Warns Employee NDAs, Confidentiality Agreements May Violate Whistleblower Laws

On July 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance putting financial regulators and employers on notice that requiring employees to sign broad confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements that...more

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CFPB Tries to Stretch Section 1057 of the CFPA to Reach Nondisclosure Agreements

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This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued Circular 2024-04 warning financial institutions about the potential illegality of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that could deter whistleblowing....more

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CFPB Expands its Reach with Final Rule Establishing Nonbank Registry of Public Settlements, Consent Orders and Enforcement Actions

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What Happened? On June 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders Final Rule (the Final Rule), a 486-page rule...more

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Report Shows Credit Reporting Issues Dominate CFPB Consumer Complaints

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Consumer reporting dominates complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a new report....more

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CFPB issues supervision order establishing supervision over World Acceptance using risk-based authority

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The CFPB has released a supervisory order which establishes that the CFPB has supervisory authority over World Acceptance Corp. (WAC) based on the CFPB’s conclusion that it has reasonable cause to determine that WAC “is...more

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CFPB Warns Digital Comparison-Shopping Operators and Lead Generators That Steering Consumers Could Violate the CFPA, But Fails to...

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Can digital comparison-shopping operators or lead generators violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) by preferencing products or services based on financial benefit? According to today’s guidance issued by the...more

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Payment Trends in 2024

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This edition of Fintech Flash identifies key issues we anticipate will impact the payments industry in 2024. First, the payments regulatory landscape continues to evolve, with a number of proposed rulemakings published by the...more

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Republican lawmakers ask CFPB to reopen comment period on proposal to supervise nonbank providers of digital wallets and payment...

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Patrick McHenry, the Republican Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and two other Republican Committee members have sent a letter to Director Chopra regarding the CFPB’s proposed rule to supervise nonbank...more

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CFPB proposes rule to ban “rarely charged” NSF fees for declined transactions based on wildly expansive view of “abusive” prong

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On January 24, 2024, a week after issuing its proposed rulemaking for overdraft services, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its proposed rulemaking on non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees....more

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman warns CFPB that restrictions on use of secondary data will stifle innovation and harm...

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The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), sent a comment letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra in response to the CFPB’s notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement Section 1033 of...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 18, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 4, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB Issues Proposed Rule Offering Consumers Greater Access to and Control Over Their Financial Data

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On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Board (“CFPB”) released a proposed rule that, if enacted, would grant consumers greater access rights to the data their financial institutions hold. Under the proposed...more

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Nutter Bank Report: September 2023

The CFPB has published guidance about compliance with Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), when lenders deliver denial notices based on underwriting decisions using artificial intelligence...more

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Kentucky Federal District Court Issues Order Enjoining the CFPB From Enforcing the Small Business Data Collection Rule as to All...

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On September 14th, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted the plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the CFPB from implementing the Small Business Lending Rule (Rule) promulgated under...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - September 2023 # 3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Finance Services industry over the past week...more

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Supreme Court Denies Oral Argument to Republican State AGs Who Argue That the CFPB Funding Mechanism Is Unconstitutional

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On August 21, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey and 26 other state AGs to participate in oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) et al. v....more

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Small Business Lenders Subject to New CFPB Data Reporting Rule

Resulting from a lawsuit by the California Reinvestment Coalition against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in 2019 for its failure to promulgate a small business lending data rule in compliance with the...more

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Lowering the Bar: CFPB Unveils Its Playbook on Combatting “Abusiveness”

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On April 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) published a broad and wide-ranging Policy Statement on Abusiveness (“Policy Statement”) meant to assist “government enforcers” in identifying and...more

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finalizes Rule for Small Business Data Collection and Expands List to Exempt Lending Products...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule on March 30, 2023, under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 1071 is an amendment to the Equal Credit...more

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CFPB Publishes New Policy Statement on Abusive Acts and Practices

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On April 3, 2023, the CFPB published a new official statement of policy on the authority that Congress passed in the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (“CFPA”), codified at 12 U.S.C. § 5536(a)(1)(B), banning “abusive...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - 2022 Annual Review - Credit Cards

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the credit card industry. As evidenced by the timeline, federal regulators (primarily the CFPB) are beginning to renew their focus on credit...more

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