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CFPB granted default judgment against auto loan servicer

On August 28, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia entered an order and opinion granting the CFPB a default judgment in a case against an auto loan servicer (the defendant)....more

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Consumer groups show support of CFPB’s Auto Finance Data Pilot and urge the Bureau to expand its data collection

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In February 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) announced an auto finance data pilot, where it ordered nine large auto lenders to provide information about their auto lending portfolios....more

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CFPB Ramps Up Auto Finance Scrutiny: A Look at the New Data Collection Initiative

In a move to bridge significant data gaps identified through its February 2023 Auto Finance Data Pilot where it sent information requests to nine large auto lenders about their lending portfolios, the Consumer Financial...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - December 2023 - I'm Dreaming of a Winter Solstice and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the December 2023 webinar....more

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9 Consumer Finance Issues to Note From CFPB Report

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In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report highlighting various unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices it claims to have uncovered during its supervisory examinations from July 2022 to...more

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CFPB Reports Troubling Trends in Auto Loan Servicing

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On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new Supervisory Highlights report (Report) that sheds light on the CFPB’s observations and findings of unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in...more

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CFPB Issues Data Requests to Major Auto Lenders

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On February 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced that it has issued orders to nine of the largest auto lenders requesting information about their auto lending portfolios. According to the...more

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CFPB and AG James Sue Auto Lender for Allegedly Targeting Consumers Likely to Default

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New York AG Letitia James and the CFPB sued Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC) for allegedly violating New York usury limits and consumer and investor protection laws, as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Act, by...more

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Regulatory updates and considerations for GAP providers and creditors

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Guaranteed asset protection (GAP) waivers have always held state regulators’ attention, but as vehicle price increases drive up consumer demand for debt cancellation agreements, regulatory scrutiny into such agreements is...more

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CFPB Releases Blog Post on Auto Loan Debt

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On February 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a blog post, outlining multiple auto lending topics in the wake of rising vehicle prices. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the...more

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2021 Year in Review: Consumer Finance

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[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter -October 2021

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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

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ConsumerFi Podcast with Eric Johnson: The New Administration's Impact on the Auto Sales and Lending Industries

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The general consensus is that a Biden/Harris administration will mean a lot of changes for automotive finance and sales. But exactly what types of change and how quickly will changes occur? Just how bad for the industry will...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 11, December 2020

Welcome to the Last All Consuming Issue of 2020 - Welcome to our last issue of All Consuming for 2020, a year of unprecedented obstacles. We all watched as the financial industry responded to those obstacles, with...more

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Auto Lender Pays $11.8 Million to Resolve UDAAP Allegations

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The CFPB also recently announced an $11.8 million settlement of a UDAAP (Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts & Practices) enforcement action in the auto finance space. This action, where the CFPB made no allegations that a...more

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Congress Passes Repeal of CFPB Guidance on Indirect Auto Lender Liability for Discriminatory Lending

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted last Tuesday to reject a 2013 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) bulletin that provided guidance regarding liability for discrimination in indirect auto lending. The same...more

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CFPB Auto Lending Rule May Be on the Way Out

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An Obama-era regulation intended to restrain discriminatory lending practices by automobile lenders appears to be on its way out. On April 18, under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the Senate voted to repeal the...more

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Senate Votes to Roll Back Auto Industry Lending Guidance from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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On April 18, the Senate narrowly passed a resolution to roll back certain guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2013 pertaining to auto lending. As previously written about on a Foley & Lardner LLP...more

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Senate Votes to Strike Down Key CFPB Bulletin on Lending Discrimination in the Indirect Auto Market

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted almost entirely along party lines to invalidate, under the Congressional Review Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) (in)famous 2013 Bulletin on lending discrimination in...more

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Indirect Auto Lending: GAO Opinion Sets Wheels in Motion for Regulatory Clarity

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A recent finding by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) could have a significant impact on the indirect auto lending industry. Last month, the GAO issued an opinion declaring that a Consumer Financial Protection...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Five Years Later: Five Takeaways From the Bulletin That Rocked the Auto Finance Industry

In 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin on indirect auto lending that took the industry by storm. As we approach the five-year anniversary of the memo’s issuance, it’s valuable to reflect on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2017 in Review: Three State Enforcement Trends Impacting the Auto Finance Industry

Auto lenders, like many private citizens, began 2017 curious as to what change the impending Trump administration would bring. In the landscape of government enforcement, however, the consensus amongst industry participants...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CFPB Issues Final Rules on Payday and Vehicle Title Loans—Little Impact for Auto Lenders

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans. The new rule is effective in 2019 and imposes stringent underwriting requirements and...more

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CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights Regarding Auto Lending

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued its Supervisory Highlights – Issue 12, Summer 2016 report, addressing, among other industries, automobile origination. The report reflects supervisory...more

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CFPB Appears Poised to Increase Its Focus on Auto Lending

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The CFPB utilizes a risk-based analysis in its approach to its supervisory and enforcement efforts. The Bureau's risk-based approach includes factors such as the potential risk to a consumer from products offered in the...more

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