Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How the CFPB Is Using Interpretive Rules to Expand Regulatory Requirements for Innovative Consumer Financial Products; Part Two: Earned Wage Access
Navigating Hot Topics in Consumer Finance: Litigation Trends, Regulatory Changes, and Medical Debt Collection – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Episode: How the CFPB Is Using Interpretive Rules to Expand Regulatory Requirements for Innovative Consumer Financial Products; Part One: Buy-Now, Pay-Later
Podcast - Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure
Navigating the CFPB's Controversial Interpretive Rule on BNPL Products — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Regulation of Negative Option Consumer Contracts – Silence as Consent
CFPB's Focus on Student Loan Servicing: Insights from the Office of Servicemember Affairs Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
Exploring the CFPB's Stance on AI in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB's Report on Negative Equity in Auto Lending — Crossover Episode With Moving the Metal Podcast — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Why Retailers and Merchants Should Pay Attention to the CFPB - The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB Warns of Manipulation in Digital Comparison Shopping Tools
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB’s Registry of Nonbanks and Circular that Certain Contract Terms Violate Law
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce’s Michelle Macartney — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC CFPB Enforcement Report — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Earned Wage Access: Exploring the CFPB's Proposed Interpretive Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Credit Card Late Fees Have the CFPB's Interest
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
The FDIC, OCC, and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have coordinated the release of new policies that will govern each agency’s consideration of bank merger transactions. The FDIC and OCC each published final statements of...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting concluded on April 12. The annual Spring Meeting featured updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive discussion...more
On March 21, the FDIC issued a request for comment on its proposed Statement of Policy (SOP) on bank merger transactions, which will aim to update, strengthen, and clarify the FDIC’s approach to bank merger evaluation. The...more
The SEC has issued a controversial 886-page final rule imposing climate-related disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies, including banking organizations, which will require them to include certain climate-related...more
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
Volume 4, Issue 2, 2024 Welcome! Welcome to the second issue of Promissory Notes - our banking and finance e-newsletter - for 2024. Business today is characterized by relentless change. To assist our clients in navigating...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • In For A Dime, In For A Dollar (Or Maybe Two?)- •...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
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AGs Say AI is Risky Business, Requires Government...more
Regulatory scrutiny and class action litigation relating to the consumer financial services (CFS) industry have typically focused on issues of disclosure, customer privacy, and fees charged to consumers. CFS lawyers are...more
The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section held its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on March 29–31, 2023. The Spring Meeting sessions featured updates from federal, state, and international antitrust...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG James Sues Cryptocurrency Platform KuCoin, Alleging...more
Federal Guidance Warns of Liquidity Risks Arising from Crypto-Asset-Related Deposits - The federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance to banking organizations highlighting potentially heightened liquidity risks...more
On October 14, 2022, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) both approved the acquisition of MUFG Union Bank, National Association, by U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiary U.S. Bank...more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to issue a complaint and accept a proposed order for public comment regarding private equity fund JAB Consumer Partners SCA SICAR’s (JAB) $1.1 billion acquisition of SAGE...more
The results are in after the closing of a public comment period related to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s review of its bank merger policies. The request for information (RFI) included questions related to the agency’s...more
The results are in after the closing of a public comment period related to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s review of its bank merger policies. The request for information (RFI) included questions related to the...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to include certain significant market participants as “dealers” or “government securities dealers” to essentially eliminate the trader exclusion...more
Fintech is having a meteoric rise among investors in the emerging tech space, accounting for the second-highest area of investment with $3.8 billion in 2021. Q4 2021 alone saw $824 million across 23 deals, indicating a strong...more
House Takes Its Sixth Hit on Cannabis Banking Provisions - "The House passed provisions for the sixth time that would allow cannabis companies to access the banking system, but the latest action, as an amendment to the...more
Low-cost American carriers Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached an agreement to combine forces, a merger that “would create the fifth-largest U.S. airline by market share, putting pressure on the nation’s biggest...more
FDIC Board Governance Dispute on Review of Bank Mergers Aired Publicly - CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on December 9 published on the CFPB’s website a blog post captioned “How Should Regulators Review Bank Mergers?” in...more
On July 9, President Biden signed an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy, listing broad priorities for antitrust enforcement. In conjunction with this order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more
On July 9, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed an executive order "on promoting competition in the American economy" (the "Order"). The White House characterized the Order as an effort to reduce the trend of...more
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