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
In connection with the petition to ban pre-dispute consumer arbitration agreements pending before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “forced arbitration,”...more
Congress has passed – and the Trump administration has signaled that the president will sign – a bill to roll back the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s sweeping arbitration rule, which the White House has called...more
This post describes the recent move in Congress to rescind the CFPB rule, and what this means for the CFPB and the financial services industry going forward. On October 24th, the Senate voted 51-50 to overturn the Consumer...more
CFPB Arbitration Rule Will Prevent Firms From Blocking Class Action Lawsuits - The CFPB has approved a new rule that will prohibit banks and other covered providers of certain consumer financial products and services from...more
As LenderLaw Watch previously reported, on July 10, 2017 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its Arbitration Rule, which blocks the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer financial products and...more
On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new rule that may have significant ramifications for the financial industry. The rule aims to stop a now common feature in financial services...more
On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a rule prohibiting class action waivers in certain pre-dispute arbitration agreements. The rule drastically impacts arbitration clauses currently used...more
On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled a long-awaited and highly contentious final rule to severely curtail the scope of arbitration clauses in consumer financial contracts. While the rule...more
Just when you thought that the practical operational restraints imposed by the new Administration had limited (i.e., handcuffed) the CFPB’s ability to engage in new mischief-making (i.e., new rule-making), today the CFPB...more