On June 4, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a circular warning against the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for consumer financial products or services. According to the...more
In the first quarter of 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two Consumer Financial Protection Circulars, putting remittance transfer providers, digital comparison-shopping tools operators, and lead...more
Late last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new Consumer Financial Protection Circular (Circular) which provides guidance about when a remittance transfer provider may be in violation of the...more
The CFPB issued a new circular advising remittance transfer providers that false advertising about the cost or speed of sending remittance transfers can be considered a violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act even...more
On March 27, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued Circular 2024-02 warning remittance transfer providers that certain marketing activities may constitute deceptive practices and therefore violate the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) continues focus its forces on the payment processing space. In June 2023, we published an article foretelling the next regulatory frontier: nonbank payment systems. In July...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
The CFPB has released a new issue of Supervisory Highlights that carries the title “Junk Fees Update Special Edition.” The report discusses the CFPB’s examinations involving fees in the areas of deposits, auto servicing, and...more
The CFPB issued an order against Servicio UniTeller, Inc., an international remittance company that helps consumers send money to their families overseas, for violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and the...more
On December 22, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had reached a settlement with an international remittance company to resolve alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act...more
On December 22, 2022, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against an International Remittance Company headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. The order alleges that from 2013 until 2021, the International...more
Five Democratic Senators — Elizabeth Warren (MA), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Brian Schatz (HI), Jack Reed (RI), and Alex Padilla (CA) — recently petitioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to “take action to...more
The Remittance Transfer Rule (“Remittance Rule”), Subpart B of Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. §§ 1005.30 to 1005.36, requires transfer providers to provide prepayment disclosures to consumers prior to paying for a remittance...more
On October 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has issued a consent order against a nonbank provider of a money transfer service for multiple violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer...more
On October 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered into a consent order with Choice Money, a New York nonbank remittance transfer provider involving violations of the Remittance Transfer Rule...more
The CFPB and the New York Attorney General have filed a lawsuit in a New York federal district court against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MoneyGram) in which they allege that MoneyGram...more
On April 21, the CFPB and New York Attorney General’s Office filed a complaint against a remittance provider alleging that the provider (i) repeatedly gave senders inaccurate information about when their remittance transfers...more
New York AG Letitia James and the CFPB sued Moneygram International, Inc. and Moneygram Payment Systems, Inc. (collectively “Moneygram”) over alleged violations of consumer protection laws, including the Consumer Financial...more
On February 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated its Supervision and Examinations Manual to reflect changes it made to the Remittance Transfer Rule (Rule) in a final rule published on June 5, 2020. The...more
The attractiveness of the United Kingdom as a business location is unabated. There are many advantages to doing business in the UK. Investors can draw on a skilled workforce and access a large market; costs of labour and...more
On December 21, 2020, the CFPB issued its third consent order involving violations of Subpart B of Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. §§ 1005.30 to 1005.36, the Remittance Transfer Rule (“Remittance Rule”) in the last four months and...more
Is it just us or does March 4 — the date of our last issue — feel like a million years ago? Like you, and not necessarily in this order, we have been: doing our work; keeping up with COVID-19-related laws, guidance, and...more
On June 2, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided additional guidance to remittance transfer providers regarding the Remittance Rule, subpart of Regulation E....more
The CFPB has issued a final rule amending its remittance rule. The final rule is effective July 21, 2020....more
On May 11, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it will impose stricter reporting requirements on entities that process international money and remittance transfers for consumers. This final...more