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CFPB Q1 Circular Recap: Essential Takeaways for Mitigating UDAAP Risk to Remittance Transfer Providers, Digital...

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In the first quarter of 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two Consumer Financial Protection Circulars, putting remittance transfer providers, digital comparison-shopping tools operators, and lead...more

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CFPB Press Release and Circular cite “abusive” steering practices in connection with comparison-shopping tools and lead generators

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On February 29, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-01, Preferencing and steering practices by digital intermediaries for consumer financial products or...more

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The CFPB Takes Aim at Digital Comparison Shopping Websites and Lead Generators

On February 29, the CFPB issued a circular warning digital comparison-shopping websites and lead generators that practices that steer customers to certain financial products or services based on compensation received from...more

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CFPB Warns Digital Comparison-Shopping Operators and Lead Generators That Steering Consumers Could Violate the CFPA, But Fails to...

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Can digital comparison-shopping operators or lead generators violate the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) by preferencing products or services based on financial benefit? According to today’s guidance issued by the...more

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Lead Generation: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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In the evolving world of lead generation and performance-based customer acquisition, the quest for profits can lead to big legal risks, some of them too large for advertisers that buy leads through third parties. Advertisers...more

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FTC Agrees to Settlement with Lead Generator Banning Telemarketing and Robocall Activities

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a proposed order settling a Complaint against California-based lead generator Response Tree LLC and its president, Derek Doherty, banning them from making or assisting...more

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New FCC rule on TCPA consent for advertising and telemarketing calls and texts will significantly impact callers who obtain...

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By a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule amending its regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to close what it refers to as the “lead generator loophole.”  ...more

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Lead Generation in Financial Services: Let Both the Buyer and the Seller Beware

Lead generation in the insurance field has become a robust business over the last decade  as competition increases and the market place remains stable or shrinking. The advent of sales on an electronic platform, cross...more

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Movement on 2 California Bills Implicating the California Financing Law

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There was movement recently on two California bills that we have been tracking closely and could substantially alter the lending and brokering landscape under the California Financing Law (CFL). ...more

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Student Loan Advocacy Group Pushes Department of Education to Increase Oversight of For-Profit Colleges and Contractors

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The Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC)—an organization established by former CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Seth Frotman—recently published an article examining the Department of Education’s oversight of “lead...more

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Minnesota federal court decision is warning to lead generators

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A Minnesota federal district court recently ruled that lead generators for a payday lender could be liable for punitive damages in a class action filed on behalf of all Minnesota residents who used the lender’s website to...more

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Indiana Department of Financial Institutions Publishes Q&A

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The Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (Department) has issued its Questions & Answers (Q&A) related to upcoming changes in various statutes administered by the Department that become effective as of July 1, 2018. ...more

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Minnesota AG files lawsuit against pension advance companies

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The Minnesota Attorney General announced that she has filed a lawsuit in state court against two pension advance companies. According to the AG’s press release, the companies often solicited borrowers through their own...more

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CFPB enters into consent order with operator of consumer lead resale business

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The CFPB announced last week that it has entered into a consent order with an individual who had operated a defunct business that resold consumer leads to settle charges that the business sold leads to debt collectors who...more

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