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CFPB and Townstone Financial Move to Vacate Redlining Settlement Alleging Misconduct Under Former CFPB Director

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In a surprising turn of events, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and Townstone Financial, Inc. (Townstone) have jointly moved to vacate the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order previously entered in...more

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CFPB notifies court of its intent to revoke its Buy Now, Pay Later rule

On March 26, the CFPB filed a status report and joint motion to stay proceedings in a case challenging its Buy Now, Pay Later interpretive rule indicating that the Bureau intends to revoke the rule. As previously covered by...more

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CFPB seeking to reverse Townstone settlement, saying bureau ‘abused its power’

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Saying that the bureau under the Biden Administration abused its power, the CFPB is seeking to reverse its settlement with Townstone Financial....more

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Republican Senators seek to use CRA to void medical debt rule

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Republican senators have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the rule that bans banks and credit unions from including medical debt on credit reports and generally prohibits the use of medical...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – March 2025 # 4

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

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House Subcommittee to hold Wednesday hearing on role of CFPB

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The House Financial Services Committee’s Financial Institutions Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 26, to discuss possible changes to the structure and responsibilities of the CFPB....more

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Judge grants CFPB 30 days to settle lawsuit over credit card late fee rule

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A federal judge has granted the CFPB 30 days to try to settle the lawsuit challenging the bureau’s s credit card late fee rule that was issued during the Biden Administration....more

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Pennsylvania attorney general sues mortgage brokers for illegal kickback scheme

Recently, a complaint was filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through Attorney General Michelle A. Henry (AG) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, accusing a group of mortgage brokers...more

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CFPB files amended complaint against bank following court’s denial

On March 13, the CFPB filed an amended complaint against a Texas bank alleging violations of the CFPA, the EFTA, and its implementing Regulation E. The complaint related to a program in which the bank managed federal benefit...more

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FinReg Currents - Week 9

On March 14, 2025, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland declined to grant a temporary injunction to the City of Baltimore and the Economic Action Maryland Fund. The plaintiffs had requested an...more

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Fourth Circuit Issues Ruling on Furnisher’s Duty to Investigate Legal Disputes Under FCRA

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On March 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling addressing the obligations of furnishers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to conduct reasonable investigations of disputed information,...more

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The Latest Attack on Consumer Arbitration Agreements

The war against arbitration agreements continues apace. The latest volley comes from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Johnson v. Continental Finance Company, LLC, No. 23-2047 (4th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025). In...more

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Senators pen letter to bank data CEO on debanking claims

On March 6, Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) from the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee requested information from the CEO of a company that collects and reports consumer information in the...more

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CFPB granted stay in case against credit care late fee rule

On March 12, the CFPB and its Acting Director, Russell Vought, filed a status report in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in response to the court’s order requesting clarification on how the CFPB...more

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2024 Year in Review - Overview: 2024 Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends

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Welcome to the “Overview: 2024 Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. As Goodwin predicted in our previous year in review, the enforcement and...more

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Texas Federal Judge Refuses to Pause CFPB Case Against Bank

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In March 2025, a Northern District of Texas judge denied the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) motion to stay its case against Comerica Bank for alleged mismanagement of a government benefit card program in...more

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FTC Granted Injunction in Small Business Lending Case 

The CFPB has recently dismissed two more enforcement actions—one against a major credit reporting agency and another against a lease-to-own financing provider. Both lawsuits involved allegations of abusive, unfair, and...more

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CFPB Drops Two More Major Lawsuits 

The CFPB has recently dismissed two more enforcement actions—one against a major credit reporting agency and another against a lease-to-own financing provider. Both lawsuits involved allegations of abusive, unfair, and...more

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CFSA Attempts to Renew Small Dollar Lending Rule Litigation in Supreme Court Petition

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On March 7, the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) and the Consumer Service Alliance of Texas filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn a decision by the...more

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2024 Year in Review: Payday and Small-Dollar Lending

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Welcome to the “Payday and Small-Dollar Lending” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. We expect the level of enforcement and regulatory activity in the payday and short-term...more

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2024 Year in Review: Fintech

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Financial technology — or fintech — companies will continue to receive increased regulatory scrutiny in 2025. The latter half of 2024 saw a rise in regulatory guidance and enforcement activity relating to fintechs and the...more

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2024 Year in Review: Cards, Payments, and Consumer Banking

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We expect continued scrutiny by regulators on fees, including enforcement actions and rulemakings, with the caveat that the new administration could shift federal priorities away from this fee crackdown....more

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2024 Year in Review: Auto Loan Origination and Servicing

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We anticipate that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will continue to closely monitor the advertising practices of auto lenders and servicers as well as the practices around add-on products....more

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2024 Year in Review: Mortgage Origination and Servicing

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With the change in administration, enforcement actions at the federal level are expected to decrease, reflecting President Trump’s focus on deregulation. Indeed, during President Trump’s first term, the number of enforcement...more

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RegFi Episode 58: Earned Wage Access: Charting a Clear Regulatory Path

Ian P. Moloney, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the American Fintech Council, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about earned wage access (EWA), a service that affords workers...more

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