Navigating Regulatory Waters: Recent Enforcement Actions in BaaS — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
CFPB's Focus on Student Loan Servicing: Insights from the Office of Servicemember Affairs Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Evolving Landscape of B2B Payments: Regulatory Trends and Financial Practices Explained — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
Exploring the CFPB's Stance on AI in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
The CFPB's Report on Negative Equity in Auto Lending — Crossover Episode With Moving the Metal Podcast — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
Why Retailers and Merchants Should Pay Attention to the CFPB - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 State Legislative Review: Key Payment Laws and Their Impacts — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Business Better Podcast Episode: FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Regulations to Strengthen and Modernize AML/CFT Compliance Programs
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
Safeguard your Business: Dinsmore's Craig Horbus on Combatting the Rising Threat of ACH Fraud
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOJ Whistleblower Program - What Employers Must Know - Employment Law This Week®
Credit Card Late Fees Have the CFPB's Interest
As interest rates drop, the CFPB is exploring ways to streamline mortgage rules to make the refinancing process easier and closing costs less expensive, Director Rohit Chopra said at a housing conference sponsored by the...more
What Happened? On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule to amend provisions of its Mortgage Servicing Rules to significantly revamp requirements relating to borrowers...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory agendas twice a year in voluntary...more
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
The complexity of loss mitigation programs designed to assist distressed mortgage borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been too daunting for many borrowers to seek help, the CFPB said, in a report released last...more
The CFPB recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule amending the mortgage servicing rules under Regulation X, with a focus on streamlining and expanding the loss mitigation procedures and foreclosure protections. The...more
As we predicted here, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) last week proposed new and, in some cases, streamlined rules governing what mortgage servicers must do after a borrower becomes delinquent. The...more
Companies that fall within the definition of “data provider” are expected by this fall to be required to comply with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule implementing Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. ...more
On April 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued its assault on fees in the consumer finance industry. In its most recent edition of Supervisory Highlights, the CFPB reported that mortgage...more
Welcome to the Mortgage Origination and Servicing chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - Enforcement efforts are expected to increase in 2024 and will...more
As we reflect on the previous year and look toward the new year, we thought you’d appreciate our top 20 most-read Consumer Finance ABstract posts from 2023...more
A&B Abstract: On November 3, 2023 the Financial Stability Oversight Council (hereinafter “FSOC” or “Council”) unanimously approved final versions of: (1) the new Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the June 2023 webinar. Bite 12: CFPB Focusing on Overdraft Issues - On May 18, 2023, the CFPB announced that it had issued a...more
On May 15, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors filed a joint amici curiae (friend of the court) brief in connection with the case challenging...more
Regulatory Developments - FinCEN Proposes Form of Report to Collect Beneficial Ownership Information and Application to Obtain FinCEN Identifiers - On January 17, FinCEN proposed a form of report to collect beneficial...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the Mortgage industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more
HIGHLIGHTS: The servicer must pay a $5.25 million civil penalty to the CFPB. The servicer neither admitted nor denied the allegations but must forfeit unlawfully charged fees to consumers and develop a remediation plan for...more
In This Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a proposed rule about the establishment of a limited-duration pilot program for sharing suspicious activity reports (SARs); FinCEN published the final...more
On July 21, Acting Director Dave Uejio celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by giving prepared remarks highlighting the CFPB’s activities over the past 10 years in enforcement,...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
On April 5, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed rule changes intended to prevent avoidable foreclosures as emergency federal foreclosure protections put in place due to the global pandemic expire. The...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
A&B ABstract: The CFPB’s inconsistent statements about the need for flexibility to address the pandemic suggest a deeper game afoot. CFPB warns that continued COVID flexibility for financial institutions is not prudent… On...more
“Just Send a Venmo!”…To a Collection Agency? As a result of COVID-19, many businesses are leery of handling cash, credit cards, or debit cards, and consumers feel concerned about using paper money and coins. It is...more