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Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast

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In this episode of Troutman Pepper's FCRA Focus podcast, host Kim Phan delves into the topic of dispute resolution through the e-OSCAR system with special guest, Joel Strickland, the director of customer success at e-OSCAR....more

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Client Alert: Buy Now, Pay Later: A Roadmap for Providers as Regulators Continue to Increase Scrutiny

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Point-of-sale financing arrangements payable in four or fewer interest-free installments, known as buy now, pay later (BNPL) arrangements, have soared since their initial breakthrough during the pandemic. Unlike conventional...more

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Federal Magistrate Judge Orders CFPB to Produce Employees for Depositions in Citizens Bank Lawsuit

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A federal magistrate judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) must produce three employees for depositions, denying the agency’s motion for a protective order....more

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Plaintiffs Pursuing Increased Class Action Claims for Overdraft Fees and Charges Against Customers

With plaintiff attorneys seeing potential large dollar settlements and verdicts, along with increased regulatory scrutiny, banks need to review their overdraft practices. As noted by the American Bankers Association, banks...more

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Core Considerations for Out-of-Network BNPL Payments

Much has been written about the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) industry in the recent past. Consumers enjoy the payment flexibility and interest-free features of many BNPL products and frequently use them as a substitute payment...more

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CFPB Circular Clarifies Consumer Reporting Agencies and Furnishers of Information can be Liable under Fair Credit Reporting Act...

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On November 10, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-07 (hereinafter, “the Circular”). The Circular resolves two issues for credit reporting agencies...more

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Financial Services Law: Recent CFPB guidance provides flexibility for investigating consumer credit reporting disputes

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On April 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided guidance on how it plans to handle consumer credit reporting oversight during COVID-19. As part of that guidance, the CFPB stated that it intends to...more

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CFPB and FTC announce issues for panels at Dec. 10 workshop on accuracy in consumer reporting

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The CFPB and FTC announced the issues that the panels will discuss at the workshop on accuracy in consumer reporting that the agencies will co-host on December 10, 2019. ...more

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CFPB files lawsuit against debt collector and CEO for alleged FCRA, FDCPA, CFPA violations

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On September 25, 2019, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Maryland against Maryland-based debt collector FCO Holding, Inc. (“FCO”), its various subsidiaries and Michael E. Sobota, the CEO, president,...more

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Spring is Here and a Proposed Debt Collection Rule is Imminent

More than five years after it issued its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the CFPB appears poised to issue its proposed debt collection rules. The first hint that this was imminent came in the fall of 2018 when the...more

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CFPB Outlines Principles for Consumer-Authorized Financial Data Sharing and Aggregation

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On October 18, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a set of guiding principles for participants in the financial data sharing and aggregation industry. The publication of the consumer protection...more

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What To Know About CFPB's New Prepaid Card Rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final rule to amend provisions of Regulation E and Regulation Z to further regulate prepaid card products, or “prepaid accounts.” As discussed below, the rule generally...more

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CFPB Finalizes Sweeping Prepaid Account Rule

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

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CFPB Outlines New Proposals For Third Party Consumer Debt Collection

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the U.S. published an outline of proposals on July 28, 2016 to govern consumer debt collection by debt collectors including third-party collection agencies, debt buyers,...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - February 2015 #2

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Regulatory Developments - CFPB Announces Steps to Improve Checking Account Access - On Feb. 3, the CFPB announced that it was taking three steps to expand checking account access to the approximately 10 million...more

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FTC provides advice to consumers on communicating with debt collectors

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In a recent blog post, Dan Dwyer, a Staff Attorney with the FTC’s Division of Financial Practices, provided advice to assist consumers in communicating with a debt collector when the consumer does not recognize the debt. The...more

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CFPB issues third Financial Literacy Annual Report

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The CFPB has issued its third Financial Literacy Annual Report to Congress. The report covers the CFPB’s activities to improve consumer financial literacy during the period from June 2014 through September 2015. The report’s...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - October 2015

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Regulatory Developments - FINRA Files Proposed Rule Change to Apply Markup Rule to Government Securities: On Sept. 30 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 6, to...more

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Noted Scholars Critique the CFPB’s Arbitration Study and Find It Lacking

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We have previously blogged about the comment letter concerning the CFPB’s March 10, 2015 Study on consumer arbitration that we submitted to the CFPB on behalf of the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers...more

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Professor Sovern’s comments about CFPB arbitration study numbers don’t add up

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In a recent blog post, Professor Jeff Sovern responded to our blog post indicating that the CFPB’s March 10, 2014 Arbitration Study strongly supports the industry’s view that consumers fare better in arbitration than...more

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CFPB’s Corday Reiterates Intent to Pursue Rulemaking on Consumer Arbitration Clauses, Despite Opposition

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In testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs on July 15, CFPB Director Richard Cordray affirmed the Bureau’s intention to proceed with rulemaking governing arbitration clauses in consumer...more

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CFPB's Arbitration Study—A Warning to Consumer Financial Service Companies

On December 12, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its “Arbitration Study Preliminary Results,” mandated by Section 1028(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act (the “Study”). Unfortunately (and despite its statements...more

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