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Understanding the CFPB's Payday Loan Rule: Implications and Compliance — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast

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In this special crossover episode of the Payments Pros Podcast and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Josh McBeain and Chris Willis are joined by colleagues Mark Furletti and Jason Cover to delve into the CFPB's Payday Loan Rule,...more

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FirstCash Files Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in Case Filed by CFPB

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FirstCash, a national pawnshop chain, is asking a federal judge to confirm that it has a statutory defense to all of the CFPB’s claims that it violated the Military Lending Act (MLA) while also asking the judge to drop three...more

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Understanding the CFPB's Payday Loan Rule: Implications and Compliance — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this special crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and the Payments Pros Podcast, Chris Willis and Josh McBeain are joined by colleagues Mark Furletti and Jason Cover to delve into the CFPB's Payday Loan Rule,...more

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Who is Paying Who: The Employee or the Employer?

Since 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a stated priority of “protecting employees and their rights through conducting reports, inquiries, and issuing requirements for employers.” In July 2024, the...more

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CFPB Proposes Interpretive Rule that EWAs Are Credit; Expedited Funding Fees and Tips May Be Finance Charges under Regulation Z

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On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) proposed an interpretive rule that states (1) EWA products fall under the definition of “credit” under the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) and...more

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CFPB’s payday lender rule to begin in March 2025

On June 14, the CFPB published a press release announcing that its payday lender rule from 2017, titled “Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans,” will take effect on or around March 30, 2025. The rule...more

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Payday Lending Rule Slated to Take Effect, 7 Years Later

On June 14, the CFPB published a press release announcing that its 2017 Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule (“Payday Lending Rule”) will go into effect on or about March 30, 2025. According to...more

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Update on CFPB payday lending rule: “it ain’t over ‘till it’s over”

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On June 14, the CFPB announced that its payday lending rule would become effective on  March 30, 2025.  However, the CFPB ignored the possibility of further litigation in CFSA v. CFPB, the case challenging the payday lending...more

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Michigan requires annual reporting on payday lending from director

On May 22, Michigan enacted HB 4343 (the “Act”) to include new reporting requirements regarding payday lending for the director or the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (the Department). By October 31 of...more

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Wisconsin Legislature Passes Earned Wage Access Bill

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On February 20, the Wisconsin Senate passed House Bill (HB) 574 to regulate earned wage access (EWA) products and services. HB 574 creates a new chapter to the Wisconsin Statutes that requires EWA providers to be licensed by...more

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Massachusetts Introduces Earned Wage Access Product Legislation

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On February 15, Massachusetts became the latest state to introduce legislation to regulate earned wage access (EWA) products and services. House Bill (HB) 4456 would create a new chapter to the Massachusetts Code explicitly...more

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2023 Year in Review: Payday and Small-Dollar Lending

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Welcome to the Payday and Small-Dollar Lending chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - Regulators may take additional regulatory and enforcement action...more

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CFPB Fines Fintech Installment Lender $15 Million for Alleged Consent Order Violations

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On November 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that a nonbank installment lender agreed to settle allegations that it was violating a 2019 consent order. The Company is a publicly traded online...more

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CFPB Issues New Supervisory Highlights Report

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​​​​​​​On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a Supervisory Highlights report covering findings from its examinations completed between July 2022 and March 2023 (the Report), which found,...more

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Latest CFPB Supervisory Highlights Identify Novel Violations Across Host of Financial Products and Services

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On July 26, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights describing key findings and violations identified during examinations conducted between July 2022 and March 2023....more

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Consumer Finance State Roundup - July 2023

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The pace of legislative activity can make it hard to stay abreast of new laws.  The Consumer Finance State Roundup is intended to provide a brief overview of recently enacted measures of potential interest....more

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Money Transmission Legislative & Regulatory Update: Minnesota, Nevada, Georgia, and Texas

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Minnesota - On May 24, 2023, the governor of Minnesota signed SF 2744, bringing amendments to various state statutes related to financial institutions. The amendments address the regulation and licensing of money...more

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High Court Review of CFPB’s Funding Structure Could Invalidate “Payday Lending Rule”

This coming term, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments over the validity of a federal regulation that has stymied payment processors in recent years. In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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2022 Year In Review - Consumer Finance

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2022 saw a flurry of regulatory activity by federal enforcement agencies — most notably, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, or Bureau) — as the industry began to experience the full effects of the change in...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - 2022 Annual Review - Small Dollar Lending

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to small-dollar lending. So, what happened in 2022?...more

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CFPB Fall Supervisory Highlights Find Credit Reporting Failures, Junk Fees, Mishandling of Covid-19 Protections

Last month, the CFPB released new Supervisory Highlights identifying examinations findings in the areas of auto servicing, consumer reporting, credit card account management, debt collection, deposits, mortgage origination,...more

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5th Circuit Court of Appeals Declares Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Funding Structure Unconstitutional as Violative of...

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On October 19, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit dealt a severe blow to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) enforcement authority, finding the CFPB’s “self-funding” mechanism...more

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CFPB Sues Payday Lender for Allegedly Concealing Free Repayment Plans and Withdrawing Borrowers' Funds without Authorization

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HIGHLIGHTS: The CFPB announced that it is filing a lawsuit against a payday lender for allegedly concealing free repayment plans and making unauthorized debit-card withdrawals. With its allegations of unfair, deceptive, and...more

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CFPB Discusses Consumer Finance Data, Sets Priorities

On June 15, CFPB Deputy Director Zixta Martinez delivered a keynote address to the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly. The Deputy Director focused on four key areas of consumer protection during her...more

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Michigan’s November 2022 Ballot to Include Fair Lending Proposal Capping Payday Loan Interest Rates

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Proponents of the Payday Loan Interest Rate Cap ballot initiative in Michigan met the June 1, 2022 deadline to appear on the November 2022 ballot in the state. If not picked up by the state legislature this summer, the...more

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