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
CFPB Warns of Manipulation in Digital Comparison Shopping Tools
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB’s Registry of Nonbanks and Circular that Certain Contract Terms Violate Law
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce’s Michelle Macartney — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC CFPB Enforcement Report — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Earned Wage Access: Exploring the CFPB's Proposed Interpretive Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Credit Card Late Fees Have the CFPB's Interest
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Medical Debt Be Included in Creditworthiness Measures?
Loans, Retail Installment Contracts, and Refinancing Programs — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Elder Abuse-Financial Exploitation and Fraud
The rise of generative AI in advertising challenges existing regulatory frameworks and threatens consumer trust. Businesses using AI-generated content must grapple with legal, ethical and practical implications...more
The CFPB, along with other federal financial regulators, issued proposed Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards (“proposed rule”) to establish data standards for certain collections of information submitted to...more
Welcome to the June edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched its first AI-focused cohort of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF), bringing together experts from across the...more
In recent months, various groups—including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other high-level government regulators—have raised questions about the appropriateness of “add on” charges paid by consumers who are buying...more
On October 11, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a new proposed rule to prohibit “junk fees,” which the FTC states are hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. FTC...more
The FTC proposed a new rule aimed at ensuring greater transparency for consumers regarding mandatory fees, also referred to as “junk fees.” Under this proposal, businesses would be required to incorporate all mandatory fees...more
This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more
On April 25, 2023, officials from four federal agencies released a joint statement pledging to increase “enforcement efforts to protect the public from bias in automated systems and artificial intelligence” (“AI”). The...more
As you know, the pandemic shelter-at-home orders forced the closing of dealerships across the country. I suspect that the new ways dealerships have developed to continue to move the metal have inspired some dealerships to...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently advised that it has significantly changed its Civil Investigative Demand (CID) process to increase transparency and to better permit targets and subjects to understand...more