On September 8, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an opinion and order vacating a March 2022 anti-discrimination update to the UDAAP section of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s...more
Since the beginning of the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced its intention to significantly increase its enforcement activity and expand its reach through aggressive...more
4/8/2022
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On October 19, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the “Bureau”) entered into its first consent order under new Director Rohit Chopra, finding that a service provider to state correctional departments...more
10/27/2021
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In the largest fair lending enforcement action in several years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on August 30 announced simultaneous settlements with a national banking...more
9/9/2021
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The Supreme Court has just made it significantly more difficult for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to obtain monetary relief in enforcement actions, terminating a practice the FTC has engaged in for decades to exact...more
State and federal financial regulators increasingly are focused on protecting small businesses, as illustrated by recent enforcement efforts and new state laws regulating both traditional and innovative small-business finance...more
3/16/2021
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What happened -
On June 16, 2020, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) released a Compliance Aid in the form of ten FAQs (FAQs) on consumer reporting related to the CARES Act and the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more
In recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) news, the CFPB notched a $59 million victory in Wisconsin federal court, settled an enforcement action on employment background screening and published an interpretive...more
Two executive orders recently signed by President Donald Trump will now require that federal agencies publish all informal guidance and limit its use in enforcement actions....more
While the battle over the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Bureau continues with its daily work, releasing a final Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule,...more
Is the CFPB putting its own prior conduct at risk? Over the last few weeks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), Director Kathleen Kraninger herself declared the structure of the CFPB unconstitutional,...more
In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) news, the CFPB published its Summer 2019 supervisory highlights, and focused on auto loan originations, credit card account management, debt collection, credit furnishing and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reached a pair of settlement agreements, the first with a debt collector and the second in its first enforcement action based on alleged violations of the Remittance Transfer...more
Insider offers critical insights into the consumer finance enforcement agenda. Read on for details.
What happened -
On July 23–24, I co-chaired and spoke at the American Conference Institute’s 31st National Forum on...more
CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger continues to chart her own course. CFPB developments include its settlement with a student loan management company, a public hearing on “abusive acts or practices, ” and updated guidance on...more