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The CFPB recently issued yet another final rule the agency says will help deter violations of consumer protection laws. This rule requires certain nonbank entities to register with the CFPB upon becoming subject to any order...more
On August 23, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its Filing Instructions Guide ("Guide") for Nonbank Registration pursuant to its Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court...more
What Happened? On June 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders Final Rule (the Final Rule), a 486-page rule...more
On June 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule to create a registry of nonbank companies that have entered into consent agreements or who have otherwise been found by the bureau to be in...more
In our latest look at the CFPB’s expanding supervisory authority of fintechs and other non-bank financial service providers, RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt welcome fellow Orrick partner — and former deputy...more
A bi-partisan group of House members has sent a letter to CFPB Director Chopra to express concern about the CFPB’s rule setting forth its procedures for establishing supervisory authority over nonbanks engaged in conduct that...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to fintech. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its director, Rohit Chopra, continued the agency's focus on the everyday consumer...more
A&B Abstract: On November 3, 2023 the Financial Stability Oversight Council (hereinafter “FSOC” or “Council”) unanimously approved final versions of: (1) the new Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
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
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it has entered into a Consent Order with Chime Inc., a nonbank fintech company, to settle alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), Subpart B of...more
But upon closer consideration, there is an interplay between a bank partner program and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) as implemented by Regulation E, particularly when it comes to timeframes for disputes, liable...more
On February 3, 2023, an Illinois federal judge dismissed with prejudice Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial Inc. et al., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s redlining case against a non-bank...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features a new year for a new UCC Article 12, a farewell to LIBOR, and an appraisal...more
Continuing its trend of aggressive oversight over financial institutions, the CFPB has recently announced proposals to create two publicly accessible databases that, it says, will highlight alleged bad actors, identify...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a proposed rule last week addressing the “Registry of Supervised Nonbanks that Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions that Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer...more
On January 11, the CFPB proposed a rule requiring nonbanks subject to its supervisory authority, with limited exceptions, to annually register with the CFPB regarding their use of certain terms and conditions in form...more
US Senators Ask SoFi About Its Banking Law Compliance = “Four U.S. senators have signed a letter to SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto expressing concerns about the online personal finance company and online bank’s digital...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a report on February 4, 2021, detailing its investigation of the mortgage lending market in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The report includes findings about a...more
In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) expanded access to its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (PPPLF) to non-bank lenders and expanded the collateral eligible to...more
CFPB Director Kraninger is scheduled to give public remarks at a Bipartisan Policy Center program scheduled for April 17, 2019 at 10 a.m. in Washington, D.C. ...more
In a Request for Information (RFI) posted on the Federal Business Opportunity website last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) solicited information from vendors so it can "better understand current,...more
In a Request for Information (RFI) posted on the Federal Business Opportunity website last month, the CFPB solicited information from vendors so the CFPB can “better understand current, state-of-the-art capabilities and...more
Recent initiatives by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or Bureau) to dramatically expand its regulation of small business lending present a confluence of concerns to industry participants. These initiatives...more
This past July marked the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a period marked by sweeping changes to the regulatory and administrative environment in which financial...more