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In an unusual move, the CFPB is coming to the defense of a bank being accused of failing to provide repayment disclosures to a borrower....more
In March the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a final rule intended to limit late payment fees on consumer credit cards distributed by the larger credit card issuers (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule,...more
On March 5, the CFPB announced a final rule that will amend TILA Regulation Z and lower the typical credit card late fees from $30 to $8. According to the final rule, the CFPB determined that the Regulation Z §1026.52(b) $30...more
On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule amending provisions in Regulation Z that govern credit card late fee charges. The final rule follows the March 2023 release of the proposed...more
On March 5th the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced that it had finalized its rule revisions to Regulation Z and the Official Staff Commentary regarding “Credit Card Penalty Fees.” See a redline of the...more
On October 25, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its sixth consumer credit card market biennial report to Congress as required under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure...more
The CFPB recently posted on its website a final rule regarding various annual adjustments it is required to make under provisions of Regulation Z (TILA) that implement the CARD Act, HOEPA, and the ability to repay/qualified...more
On February 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule that would dramatically decrease the late payment fee amount that card issuers could charge on credit cards and qualify for a safe harbor...more
On February 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the provisions in Regulation Z governing credit card late fee charges permitted under Regulation Z, which...more
We suspected something was afoot when December 2022 came and went without the CFPB announcing its annual inflation adjustments to the credit card late fee safe harbor amounts set forth in Regulation Z (which implements the...more
On February 1, the CFPB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend Regulation Z, which implements TILA, and its commentary to better ensure that late fees charged on credit card accounts are “reasonable and...more
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a proposed rule with request for public comment that would amend Regulation Z to: 1) decrease the safe harbor for credit card late fees to $8 and eliminate...more
Bankers are gearing up to oppose an effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to prevent an increase in allowable late charges for credit cards. In letters dated August 1, the American Bankers...more
In 2009, Congress enacted the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act). Among other things, the CARD Act curtailed a range of junk fees, coercive contract clauses, and other suspicious...more
On June 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments from credit card issuers, consumer groups, and the public regarding credit card late fees...more
CFPB Director Chopra Plans to Review CARD Act Rules - The day after a tough hearing with the Senate Banking Committee, on April 27, 2022, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing in which Consumer Financial...more
On August 28, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a request for information (RFI) to gather feedback on two related, but separate, inquiries: (1) the economic impact on small entities of...more
The CFPB has issued a new request for information about the credit card market that seeks comment on two related, but separate, reviews. One review is a review of CARD Act rules pursuant to Section 610 of the Regulatory...more
On February 26, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would suspend for one year the requirement that credit card issuers submit their agreements to the CFPB...more