Editors’ Note: The following is one part of DWT’s ongoing coverage of the 2017 CARD Act Report. Other parts include our prior PLA post The Consumer Credit Market: The CFPB’s 2017 CARD Act Report and a recent FSR webinar....more
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent letters to the CEOs of several issuers of store brand credit cards warning of fairness and transparency concerns with deferred-interest promotions. The CFPB has...more
The CFPB announced that it sent letters to “top retail credit card companies” encouraging them to use zero-interest promotions instead of deferred-interest promotions. The CFPB also provided a sample letter and published a...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a bulletin (CFPB Bulletin 2014-02) warning credit card issuers to avoid potentially deceptive and abusive practices in connection with the marketing of credit card...more