The CFPB Highlights Alleged Deceptive Debt Collection Practices
CFPB's Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: CFPB’s Proposed Mortgage Servicing Rule Amendments: Understanding the Impact on Loss Mitigation, Foreclosure, and Language Access
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: State Fair Access and Debanking Laws Bring Country’s Political and Cultural Divisions to the Fore
Introducing Heryka Knoespel: A New Partner at Troutman Pepper — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
AI in Payments: Practical Applications and Legal Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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
The CFPB, as part of its initiative to accelerate the shift to open banking in the United States, issued a final rule on June 5 that outlines the qualifications to become a recognized industry standard setting body, which can...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has reached a settlement with the bankrupt crypto company Voyager over the company’s alleged deceptive crypto marketing practices. Specifically, the FTC’s complaint alleges that...more
In June, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Office of Competition and Innovation and Office of Markets issued an analysis of deposit insurance coverage on funds stored through popular payment companies, finding...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Gary Bronstein recently joined a panel of other industry leaders at “The Bank Director: Bank Audit and Risk Conference”. The panel discussed the countless risks facing banks today and what banks can do...more
The CFPB has issued an “Issue Spotlight” titled “Analysis of Deposit Insurance Coverage on Funds Stored Through Payment Apps.” The report was accompanied by a consumer advisory on payment apps....more
FDIC Announces Special Assessments to Recover Losses from Recent Bank Failures The FDIC has issued a proposed rule that would impose special assessments to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (Fund) arising from...more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Announces Results From the Review of the Supervision and Regulation of SVB - On April 28, the Federal Reserve released its report analyzing SVB’s failure (Report). The Report...more
On April 11, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra spoke with the Washington Post regarding the banking industry after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Director Chopra, who is also a board...more
Federal Reserve Issues Policy Statement on Section 9(13) of the Federal Reserve Act - On January 27, the Federal Reserve issued a policy statement interpreting section 9(13) of the Federal Reserve Act, which authorizes...more
New CFPB Guidance Identifies Fee Practices That Constitute UDAAP Violations The CFPB has issued new guidance about what it pejoratively characterizes as “junk fee” practices by banks that the agency believes are likely to...more
Headlines - ..FDIC Proposes Substantial Increase in Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates ..Federal Reserve Releases New CECL Implementation Tool: Expected Losses ..Estimator OCC Report Highlights Risks Facing the Federal...more
Federal Banking Agencies Issue CRA Modernization Proposal The federal banking agencies have jointly issued a proposed rule that would modernize their regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”). The...more
In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
In This Issue. The Small Business Administration (SBA) provided guidance on a borrower’s good faith certification on the necessity of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan requests, announcing a safe harbor regarding this...more
In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published new procedures for federal deposit insurance applications from applicants that are not traditional community banks; federal banking regulators released...more
1. FDIC Proposes Changes to Deposit Insurance Assessment Rule for CBLR Banks The FDIC has published a proposal that describes how the agency would apply the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (“CBLR”) framework previously...more
Federal Banking Agencies Propose Alternative Capital Framework for Community Banks - The federal banking agencies have proposed a new community bank leverage ratio (“CBLR”) framework that would simplify regulatory capital...more