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CFPB Crusade Continues: Mortgage Servicers and "Junk Fees"

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Continuing its vigorous effort to eliminate so-called “junk fees,” and detailing other problematic mortgage servicer activities, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released its Spring 2024 Supervisory...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Announces Update in Continued War on Mortgage Servicing Junk Fees

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On April 24, the CFPB released its latest edition of Supervisory Highlights detailing the agency’s actions taken to combat “junk fees” it alleges are charged by mortgage servicers. This spotlight on fees in mortgage servicing...more

McGlinchey Stafford

CFPB Supervisory Highlights Reflect Continued Emphasis on “Junk Fees”

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On April 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the latest edition of its Supervisory Highlights, this time targeting so-called “junk fees” in the mortgage servicing industry. According to the...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - January 2024 - A Hazy Shade of Winter With the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the January 2024 webinar....more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - July 2023 - Freedom, Independence, and Celebration From 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 July 2023 webinar. Bite 10: Public Inquiry Launched into Credit Card and Loan Products for Healthcare Costs - On July 7,...more

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CFPB Special Edition Report: Uncovering Unlawful Junk Fees in Deposit Accounts and Loan Servicing Markets

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March 8, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its special edition Supervisory Highlights report, which focuses on Junk Fees found in deposit accounts and multiple loan servicing markets, such as...more

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CFPB Proposed Regulatory Activity Agenda Released, Focuses on Limitations on Bank and Credit Card Fees, Small Business Lending...

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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget has released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) reports on the actions administrative agencies...more

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CFPB Takes Aim at Exploitative and Opaque Fees in the Financial Industry

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•The CFPB launched a public inquiry aimed at reducing exploitative fees charged by banks and financial companies. •The request for public information seeks public input from a broad range of market participants to help...more

Perkins Coie

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues 25th Supervisory Highlights

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On December 8th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued the 25th edition of its Supervisory Highlights report, which covers examinations completed in the first half of 2021. The CFPB reported on violations...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

The Mortgage Controls: Mortgagors' Dispute Regarding Alleged "Excessive" and "Unreasonable" Property Inspection Fees Fails to...

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In a recent decision, a federal court in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) dismissed a putative class action complaint alleging, among other things, that a mortgage servicer violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - March 2017 #2

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Editor's Note - Marching On. Notwithstanding the industry’s watch of the Senate’s confirmation of new leadership for the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the DOL proposed a delay...more

Troutman Pepper

Stay Relief: What Happens to “Unreasonable” Fees?

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. 804 Congress, L.L.C. (In re 804 Congress, L.L.C.), 756 F.3d 358 (5th Cir. 2014) – After an oversecured creditor obtained relief from the automatic stay and foreclosed on some property, the...more

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