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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
I. Introduction - On November 30, 2021, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's ("CFPB") October and December 2020 Final Rules take effect. See 86 FR 48918-01. Among other things, the October and December 2020 Final...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new Compliance Aid; the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Form N-PX with the goal of making it easier and more...more
In This Issue. The federal bank regulators published frequently asked questions concerning the London Interbank Offered Rate transition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirmed an effective date for two...more
On March 19, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report to Congress regarding its administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The CFPB and the Federal Trade...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for financial services providers to consider. In this month's article, we...more
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the CFPB to be considered by financial services providers. In this month's article, we share our top "bites" covered during...more
Continuing our series of blog posts breaking down the CFPB’s final debt collection rule, we now discuss whether the November general election results are likely to have any impact on the final collection rule....more
On October 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released the first part of its long-awaited final Debt Collection Rule, which substantially updates and modernizes Regulation F, the implementing...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more
Our blog post series has detailed a number of ways in which the CFPB’s final debt collection rule departs from last year’s NPRM. There are two additional topics approached very differently in the final rule: (1) the proposed...more
The CFPB’s debt collection final rule will significantly impact the operations of mortgage servicers. Not surprisingly, the CFPB declined to generally exempt mortgage servicers from the definition of a “debt collector” under...more
On October 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new final rule implementing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). According the CFPB’s press release, the new final rule is designed “to...more
This latest installment of our blog posts about the CFPB debt collection rule examines how the final rule will impact credit reporting....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) on October 30 issued the first part of its long-awaited debt collection final rule, which restates and clarifies prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or...more
In the next in our series of blog posts breaking down the CFPB’s final debt collection rule, we now turn to a discussion of how to understand and comply with the final rule’s inconvenient time and place provisions. For the...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
On October 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a long-awaited final rule revising Regulation F, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) of 1977. Prior to the...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more