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Allen Matkins

What Exactly Does The Deputy Commissioner For New Covered Persons Oversee?

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Since I served as Commissioner of Corporations in the 1990s, the Department of Corporations has consolidated with the Department of Financial Institutions and changed its name twice.  It is now known by the unwieldy name of...more

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CFPB alleges dark patterns in suit against fintech peer-to-peer lender

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On May 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed suit against an online lending platform, alleging, among other things, the use of dark patterns to induce consumers to pay tips and donations,...more

Troutman Pepper

Report Shows Credit Reporting Issues Dominate CFPB Consumer Complaints

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Consumer reporting dominates complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a new report....more

Goodwin

2023 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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Welcome to the Credit Reporting chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from...more

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Medical Debt Under the Microscope: Insights from the CFPB’s 2022 FDCPA Report

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On November 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Annual Report detailing the CFPB’s 2022 activities related to debt collection practices. This...more

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CFPB Consumer Response Annual Report Highlights Increasing Complaints Regarding Credit Reporting and Student Loans

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The CFPB has issued its “Consumer Response Annual Report,” which analyzes patterns and trends in the approximately 1,287,000 consumer complaints submitted to the Bureau in 2022. The annual report is required by the Consumer...more

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CFPB Enters into $5.25 Million Consent Order with California Mortgage Servicer

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On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a California-based mortgage servicer concerning its purported failure to provide certain borrowers...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - August Top 10

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In this month's Top 10 article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the August 17, 2022 webinar. So, what happened last month? Bite #10 - Extra Bite: Global payments company plans to appeal...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Sending a Message: The CFPB's Charges Against TransUnion

For months, Director Rohit Chopra warned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) would sharpen its focus on repeat offenders. On April 12, 2022, the Bureau demonstrated its resolve, announcing charges...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

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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

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CFPB Summer 2019 Supervisory Highlights looks at GAP products, credit card practices, debt collection, furnishing to consumer...

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The CFPB has released the Summer 2019 edition of its Supervisory Highlights.  The report discusses the Bureau’s examination findings in the areas of automobile loan originations, credit card account management, debt...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How’d You Score That? CFPB Fines Experian Because of Misleading Credit Score Marketing

Whether it’s a football game, a standardized test, or a person’s credit, scores matter. In the case of consumer credit scores, the difference between falling in the high and low ends of the score spectrum impacts the...more

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