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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 8, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB issues annual fair lending report (UPDATED)

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The CFPB recently issued its annual fair lending report covering its fair lending activity in 2021. ...more

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Emerging Fair Lending Risk: Student Lending

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In line with policy directives from the Biden administration, federal regulators have made it clear that fair and responsible lending is an enforcement priority—and that the directive extends to lenders making student loans...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 13, 2021)

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Thank you for your interest in the Wiley Consumer Protection Download! This will be our last publication of 2021, with our bi-weekly newsletter returning in January 2022. Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (November 29, 2021)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB Enforcement Actions Zero in on Income Share Agreements and “Payday Alternative” Loans

In September 2021, the CFPB took action against Better Future Forward, Inc. (BFF), a provider of student income share arrangements, and LendUp, an online, subprime consumer lender. In both cases, the CFPB alleged that the...more

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Nutter Bank Report: March 2021

Federal Reserve Issues New Guidance on Managing the LIBOR Transition - The Federal Reserve has issued guidance on how examiners will assess a banking organization’s progress in preparing to transition to a replacement rate...more

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2020 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & A Look Ahead

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2020 was a transformative year for the consumer financial services world. As we navigate an unprecedented volume of industry regulation, Troutman Pepper is uniquely positioned to help its clients find successful resolutions...more

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COVID-19 Update: CFPB Announces New Supervisory and Enforcement Priorities in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

On July 16, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) hosted a webinar outlining, for the first time, the CFPB’s supervisory and enforcement priorities in light of the coronavirus pandemic....more

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Income Share Agreements - Operating Under Current Regulations and Preparing for the Future

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The Income Share Agreement ("ISA") market is rapidly developing with more providers offering ISA programs to students and outside money moving into the space. However, the legal environment remains uncertain, and providers...more

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House to hold hearing on artificial intelligence

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On February 12, 2020, the House Financial Services Task Force on Artificial Intelligence will hold a hearing titled, “Equitable Algorithms: Examining Ways to Reduce AI Bias in Financial Services.”...more

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Bipartisan bill introduced to create legal framework for income share agreements

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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced the “ISA Student Protection Act of 2019” that would create a legal framework for income share agreements (ISA) offered to students. ...more

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CFPB 2019 fair lending report highlights alternative scoring models

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The CFPB’s annual fair lending report covering its 2018 activities was published in today’s Federal Register.  While most of the report recycles information about which we have previously blogged, it does contain the...more

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Civil rights groups question CFPB oversight of student loan market

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Several civil rights groups have sent a letter to Director Kraninger questioning whether the CFPB is engaging in the oversight of the student loan market that they believe is necessary to “root out potentially discriminatory...more

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Fall 2017 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) is a U.S. government agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The CFPB is the first federal agency tasked solely with the...more

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CFPB identifies 2017 priorities in annual fair lending report

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In its new annual report covering its fair lending activities during 2016, the CFPB identifies the following three areas on which it “will increase our focus” in 2017...more

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CFPB Issues its Annual Fair Lending Report and Sets its 2017 Agenda

The CFPB has issued its 2016 Fair Lending Report which provides a summary of the Bureau’s efforts in fair lending for 2016. The Report also includes an indication of the Bureau’s fair lending priorities for 2017. Here are...more

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CFPB announces 2017 fair lending priorities

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In a blog post published last Friday, Patrice Ficklin, Associate Director of the CFPB’s Office of Fair Lending, outlined the CFPB’s fair lending priorities for 2017. Ms. Ficklin wrote that, going forward, the CFPB will...more

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CFPB Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda published

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The CFPB’s Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Fall 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more

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CFPB Focuses on Servicing in Update to Student Loan Examination Procedures

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On Monday the CFPB released updated examination procedures for student loans.  This update revises and expands on a previous update that was released in December 2013 in conjunction with the CFPB’s “larger participants” rule...more

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Financial Services Report, Summer 2016

BELTWAY - Every Last Penny Counts - Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more

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CFPB Releases Spring 2016 Rulemaking Agenda

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not...more

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CFPB releases Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda

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The CFPB has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not reflect the CFPB’s release of its proposed...more

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CFPB Reports Continued Mortgage Servicing and Other Violations of Consumer Financial Law

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In its Supervisory Highlights released earlier this summer, the CFPB reported its examination observations in consumer reporting, debt collection, mortgage origination and servicing, fair lending, and student loan servicing....more

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