The National Consumer Law Center has published a list of federal and state consumer financial protection laws scheduled to take effect or expire during the period from November 30, 2021, through the end of 2022. ...more
For our webinar last week, “The Times at the CFPB are A-Changing: Perspectives on the CFPB Under Acting Director Uejio and Director Chopra,” we were joined by special guest former CFPB Director Richard Cordray. The webinar...more
The CFPB has issued its Spring 2020 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period September 30, 2019 through March 31, 2020.
The report represents the CFPB’s fourth semi-annual report under Director Kraninger’s...more
7/28/2020
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Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda
CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee today, March 10, at hearing entitled “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.” ...more
3/10/2020
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Director Kraninger ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Payday Loans ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight
The CFPB has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it is seeking applications for membership on its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic...more
1/16/2020
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Community Banks ,
Community Development ,
Consumer Advisory Board ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Unions ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Debt Relief ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Register ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Membership Interest ,
Mortgages
The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Bender v. Elmore & Throop, P.C., an appeal before the Fourth Circuit involving the application of the FDCPA’s one-year statute of limitations. The brief supports the position of the...more
The CFPB has published its Spring 2019 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ...more
5/24/2019
/ Ability-to-Repay ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Deregulation ,
Director Kraninger ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
OMB ,
PACE ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Women-Owned Businesses
The CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules were published in Tuesday's Federal Register....more
On December 28, 2018, New York Governor Cuomo signed into law amendments to the state’s General Business Law (GBL) that address the collection of family member debts. The amendments made by Senate Bill 3491A become effective...more
Seventy-four organizations that describe themselves as “consumer, community, civil rights, faith, labor and legal services groups” have sent a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger to “reiterate our concerns about...more
The Attorneys General of 42 states and the District of Columbia (collectively, the States) have entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance/Assurance of Discontinuance (Agreement) with Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its...more
The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Cash Express, LLC to settle charges that the company engaged in deceptive and abusive acts or practices in violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act...more
10/25/2018
/ Abusive Acts ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Restitution ,
Small Lenders ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Time-Barred Debt ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The CFPB’s Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda has been published by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as part of its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. (OIRA is part of...more
10/18/2018
/ Abusive Acts ,
Automotive Loans ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
Deregulation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
HMDA ,
OIRA ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Payday Loans ,
Regulation C ,
Regulation E ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Title Loans
The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. ...more
9/12/2018
/ Automotive Loans ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Credit Cards ,
Debt Collection ,
ECOA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Payday Loans ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Small Business Loans ,
Supervisory Highlights ,
Title Loans ,
Transparency
The CFPB, in a decision and order signed by Acting Director Mulvaney, has denied the petition filed by Firstsource Advantage, LLC (Firstsource) to modify or set aside a civil investigative demand (CID) (Petition) that was...more
The CFPB announced last Friday that it had entered into a consent order with National Credit Adjusters, LLC (NCA), a privately-held company that owns several debt collection companies, and NCA’s former CEO and part-owner...more
The CFPB has issued a new report, “Complaint snapshot: Debt collection,” which provides complaint data as of April 1, 2018. The report represents the CFPB’s first complaint report since Mick Mulvaney was appointed Acting...more
The CFPB has issued its Consumer Response Annual Report that provides an analysis of the approximately 320,200 complaints received by the CFPB between January 1 and December 31, 2017. (In 2016, the CFPB received...more
According to its newly-released Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, the FTC received complaints from 2.68 million consumers in 2017, a decrease from 2016 when 2.98 million consumers submitted complaints....more
In May 2017, we blogged about press reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had accepted a request from Senator Patrick Toomey for a determination concerning whether the CFPB Bulletin 2013-02, titled “Indirect...more
10/27/2017
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Administrative Procedure Act ,
Automotive Loans ,
Banking Sector ,
CFPB Bulletins ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
ECOA ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
GAO ,
Interagency Guidance ,
Interest Rates ,
Leveraged Lending ,
Regulation B ,
Regulatory Oversight
Based on a Law360 article reporting on an interview with Thomas Paul, the Acting Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, it appears that under its new leadership, the FTC will take a less aggressive approach to...more
The CFPB’s Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more
7/21/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
Closing Documents ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Deposit Advances ,
Deregulation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Mortgages ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Payday Loans ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
SBREFA ,
Small Business ,
Title Loans
In his prepared remarks for the Consumer Advisory Board meeting held on June 8, 2017, Director Cordray discussed CFPB initiatives in four areas. In addition to the CFPB’s letter to the top retail credit card companies...more
The CFPB has issued its May 2017 complaint report highlighting complaints from “older consumers,” who the CFPB defines as consumers who voluntarily reported their age as 62 or older. The CFPB reports that consumers...more
6/2/2017
/ Consumer Complaint Database ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Elder Issues ,
Escrow Accounts ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HECM ,
Loan Modifications ,
Mortgages ,
Reverse Mortgages
A California federal district court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the CFPB in January 2017 against several law firms and attorneys alleging that the defendants violated the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and...more