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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Navigating the New CFPB Open Banking Rule
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Uncovering Disparities: The CFPB's Small Business Lending Study – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Post-Election Analysis and Its Impact on the Debt Settlement Industry
2024 Privacy Trends and Their Impact on Auto Finance – Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Understanding the DFPI's Proposed Rules: A Deep Dive Into California's Digital Financial Assets Law — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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What Financial Services Companies Need to Know in a Second Trump Administration — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Consumer Federation of America (“CFA”) Speaks Out About CFPB’s and FTC’s Direction During the Trump Administration
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 6 - Regulatory Shifts in Consumer Financial Services — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Navigating IT and Security Risks in Fintechs in Light of Impending DORA Deadline
The FHA's Impact on Consumer Reporting Agencies – FCRA Focus Podcast
The CFPB's Nonbank Registry Rule: Challenges and Implications — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating CFPB Enforcement: Key Takeaways From the Global Tel Link Consent Order — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Podcast - The CFPB Takes Action on a Toronto-Based Bank’s Consumer Credit Reports
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Post-Election Insights: Impacts on the Banking and Consumer Financial Services Industry
Lemon Law Shakeup: Rodriguez vs. FCA US Has Unexpected Result – Moving The Metal Podcast
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) titled “Protecting Americans From Harmful Data Broker Practices” 89 Fed. Reg. 101402 (Dec. 13, 2024). If adopted in its...more
Alert December 30, 2024 The United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a case arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) due to an alleged...more
On December 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) – Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices. The CFPB’s proposal would amend Regulation V, which...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced a proposed new rule that all data brokers be regulated under the 1970 Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a federal law that protects the use and privacy of credit...more
On August 7, in Frazier v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment to defendant Equifax, a consumer credit...more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) new order requiring TD Bank to pay $28 million for...more
On November 7, the Congressional Research Service updated its report on the use of alternative data in financial services. Credit rating agencies rely traditionally on standard data points such as repayment history on...more
The CFPB recently issued a blog post, highlighting debt collection impacts on surviving spouses. In the blog, the CFPB warns that debt collectors who try to collect on a spouse’s medical bills from a survivor, who is not...more
Join Kim Phan, co-host of the Troutman Pepper podcast, FCRA Focus, as she welcomes special guests from the Credit Builders Alliance (CBA). In this episode, Chief Technical Officer Elisabeth Johnson-Crawford and Manager of...more
In July 2024, the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a pro se litigant’s claims against Experian Information Services LLC (Experian), TransUnion LLC (TransUnion), and Equifax Information...more
On August 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision in favor of a credit reporting agency (the defendant), finding it did not report inaccurate credit information. An individual...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is poised to take medical debt off the table for creditors when evaluating a consumer’s eligibility for credit. As it is currently enacted, Regulation V of the Fair Credit...more
On June 11, the CFPB released a proposed rule to ban obtaining or using medical information for credit eligibility determinations. Specifically, the proposed rule would amend the FCRA to remove the medical financial...more
On June 11, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed rule that would generally prohibit lenders from considering medical debt information when determining a consumer’s eligibility for credit,...more
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
The CFPB is continuing its crusade against so called “junk fees,” and now is looking at credit reporting fees. In a May 20 speech to the Mortgage Bankers Association, Director Rohit Chopra highlighted the rising costs of...more
In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the decision of a California district court finding that the furnisher conducted a reasonable investigation under the Fair Credit...more
Financial institutions, credit furnishers, debt collectors, and other businesses reporting consumer information to credit reporting agencies should take note that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to impose a...more
In this episode of Troutman Pepper's FCRA Focus podcast, host Kim Phan delves into the topic of dispute resolution through the e-OSCAR system with special guest, Joel Strickland, the director of customer success at e-OSCAR....more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "The CFPB's Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's...more
In a recent speech at the National Consumer Law Center/National Association of Consumer Advocates Spring Training, Seth Frotman, General Counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), focused on medical...more
The CFPB has released the Spring 2024 edition of Supervisory Highlights. The report discusses CFPB examinations in connection with credit reporting and furnishing that were completed from April 1, 2023 through December 31,...more
On April 8, the CFPB released its Supervisory Highlights on consumer reporting companies (CRC) and furnishers from April to December 2023. With respect to CRCs, the CFPB found deficiencies related to (i) placing identity...more
In this episode of Consumer Finance Compass, Balch’s Jason Tompkins, partner in Balch & Bingham’s Consumer Finance Compliance & Defense Practice, explores the decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in...more