UNDERSTANDING WHAT CREDIT CARD FRAUD CAN LOOK LIKE - Credit card fraud doesn’t just involve mysterious charges from overseas or charges for seemingly endless electronics; it takes many forms and can happen accidentally....more
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia underscores the significance of issues of proof when trying to enforce arbitration agreements. The case is Proctor v. First Premier Corp., No....more
On January 13, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion to compel arbitration filed by First Premier Corp. (“First Premier”) in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, on the grounds that First...more
The CFPB has released its eighth annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements. The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act. (The first two reports were issued by the Federal Reserve Board.)...more
The CFPB has released its seventh annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements. The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act....more
In Barton v. Credit One Financial d/b/a Credit One Bank, No. 16CV2652, 2018 WL 2012876, (N.D. Ohio April 30, 2018), the Northern District of Ohio followed the Second Circuit’s decision in Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial...more
The CFPB released its sixth annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements. The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act. ...more
The CFPB issued its third biennial report on the credit card market last week. The report represents the first major report issued by the CFPB since former Director Cordray’s resignation and President Trump’s designation of...more
On Thursday, April 7, 2017, in McGill v. Citibank, the California Supreme Court held that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement that waives the right to seek public injunctive relief is contrary to public policy and thus...more
The CFPB released its annual report on college credit card agreements (the fifth issued by the CFPB), together with a compliance bulletin regarding the obligation of colleges and universities under the CARD Act to publicly...more
The CFPB has issued guidance to credit card issuers regarding the resumption of the requirement to submit card agreements to the CFPB on a quarterly basis. The next submission is due on or before May 2, 2016. In April 2015,...more
Earlier this week, the CFPB released its sixth annual report on college credit card agreements, together with a new toolkit for schools to use when considering potential co-sponsorships of financial accounts, such as prepaid...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed new rules that would ban companies' use of arbitration clauses that prevent consumer class action lawsuits. The potential new rules, announced this month, would...more
FINRA’s Retrospective Rule Review Process Continues. On April 16, FINRA announced that the FINRA Board of Governors had authorized FINRA to publish a regulatory notice requesting comment on proposed amendments to Rules 2210...more
On April 15, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced a final rule (“Final Rule”) that suspends for one year the requirement under the Truth in Lending Act and implemented by Regulation Z that credit...more
On April 15, the CFPB issued a final rule aimed at improving the way that companies submit consumer credit card agreements to the CFPB....more
The CFPB has issued a final rule adopting its proposal to suspend for one year the Truth in Lending Act/Regulation Z requirement for issuers of open-end credit cards to send their credit card agreements to the CFPB quarterly...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced on March 17 that it is seeking public comment, via a Request for Information, ahead of a second study on the credit card market. With this request, the...more
The CFPB announced it is seeking public comment on how the credit card market is functioning and the impact of credit card protections on consumers and issuers. This public inquiry will focus on issues including credit card...more
On February 24, 2015, the CFPB proposed an amendment to Regulation Z which would suspend, for one year, credit card issuers’ obligations to submit credit card agreements to the CFPB. ...more