The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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Introduction to The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dancing to Their Own Tune: Empowering Consumers Through Self-Service
On June 4, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-03 (“Circular”) warning that the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for...more
In this article, we share a list of the top 10 biggest fines and penalties from our monthly bites for 2023....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 14th annual report to Congress in fulfillment of its requirements under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. For the...more
Usury is the unlawful lending of money at unreasonably high rates of interest. So, what is unreasonable? And what happens if your loan goes beyond that amount?...more
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached provisional political agreement on the proposed Directive on consumer credits to revise and replace the Consumer Credit Directive (2008/48/EC) (CCD II). The...more
Hogan Lovells Financial Services Regulatory team shares insights on HM Treasury's recently published response to its October 2021 consultation on the scope and form of a new regulatory regime for Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL)...more
On this episode of the Credit Eco to Go podcast hosted by Joann Needleman: Ralph Liberio, President and CEO of NCB Management Services, Inc. stops by Clark Hill’s Credit Eco to Go to discuss the CFPB’s new debt collection...more
This update takes a look at the FCA’s Interim Report and its initial views relating to the review of the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), which show early signs of a more pragmatic approach to regulation than...more
On July 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its Final Arbitration Rule. While the CFPB's Final Rule publication weighs in at 775 pages, the rule itself occupies only 11 pages, and the Official...more
In the first quarter of 2017, Consumer Enforcement Watch tracked 46 enforcement actions taken against consumer financial service providers. This represents a slight decrease from the 50 enforcement actions taken against...more
On August 6, 2015, a California federal judge requested further briefing on whether the arbitration clause in a lender’s Visa gift card user agreement may be unenforceable against a putative class action plaintiff – raising...more
A group of more than 80 House and Senate Republicans have sent a letter to Director Cordray asking the CFPB to reopen its arbitration study. The CFPB released the final results of its empirical study of consumer arbitration...more
In March 2015, the CFPB issued a request for information on 12 topics relating to the credit card market. The request set a due date of May 18, 2015 for comments. In a notice published in yesterday’s Federal Register, the...more
The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Billings v. Propel Financial Services, LLC, a case on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The issue in the case is whether a private lender extends“consumer credit”...more
The CFPB's most recent Supervisory Highlights report, which covers the second half of 2014, confirms that the bureau is continuing an aggressive focus on debt collection, overdraft fees, mortgage origination, fair lending and...more
Why it matters - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long-awaited study of arbitration clauses in consumer finance agreements, reporting that based on its research, such provisions have the...more