Requiem for the Rules: The Rise and Fall of the Junk Fee and CARS Rules — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Introducing the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review Series: A Look at What’s to Come — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dissecting Oral Arguments in NADA's Challenge to the CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Regulation of Negative Option Consumer Contracts – Silence as Consent
The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Auto Finance – The Holder Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Introduction to The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dancing to Their Own Tune: Empowering Consumers Through Self-Service
On October 6, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 766—the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act—which purports to help make the car-buying process more transparent and strengthen consumer...more
On October 6, the governor of California signed into law SB 362 to increase transparency in commercial financing disclosures. The act prohibits providers of commercial financing from using the terms “interest” or “rate” in a...more
The FCA has announced the details of its proposed industry-wide redress scheme for motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007 and 2024. This follows the UK Supreme Court’s recent judgment in the ‘Motor...more
FCA outlines its priorities and areas in which it plans to reduce the regulatory burden for firms. On 25 March 2025, the FCA published its five-year strategy (Strategy), alongside the outcome of its review of retail conduct...more
Welcome to the first edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more
Much has happened since we last reported on the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule. The compliance deadline was extended 18 months to July 1, 2019. A federal appellate court vacated the Fiduciary Rule in its entirety. The...more
Financial Industry Developments - The CFPB Publishes Final Rule for Prepaid Accounts - On October 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") finalized comprehensive consumer protections for...more