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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Credit Card Late Fee...

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Our special guest is Andrew Nigrinis of Legal Economics LLC and former CFPB enforcement economist. The CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule lowers the safe harbor late fee amount that card issuers other than “smaller card...more

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Texas District Court Transfers Credit Card Late Fee Rule Lawsuit to D.C.

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Last week, the lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) credit card late fee rule (Final Rule) was transferred from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to the...more

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Operational impacts of the new CFPB Credit Card Late Fee Rule

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On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its final credit card late fee rule (the “Final Rule”), which, amongst other things, significantly reduces the late fee safe harbor cap for issuers...more

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Texas District Court Questions Venue in Credit Card Late Fee Rule Lawsuit

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As discussed here, earlier this month the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized its credit card late fee rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule sets a safe harbor amount for late fees at $8 and eliminates...more

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CFPB Issues Final Rule to Reduce Credit Card Late Payment Fees

On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the issuance of its final rule to amend Regulation Z and further restrict credit card late payment fees (the “Final Rule”). With certain material...more

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The War on Fees Intensifies: Presidential Strike Force and Industry’s Legal Counterattack

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As discussed here, earlier last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) finalized its credit card late fee rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule sets a safe harbor amount for late fees at $8 and eliminates...more

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CFPB Issues Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule

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We discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) credit card late fee proposed rule here 13 months ago, and today, the Bureau announced that it has finalized the rule (Final Rule) setting a safe harbor...more

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Undated Model Debt Violation Notice Does Not Violate the FDCPA

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Last week, a district court in Nevada held that an undated, model form debt validation notice does not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In Bergida v. PlusFour, Inc., the defendant sent a debt validation...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum - Summer 2023

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features smooth sailing through safe harbors, the English Court doing the cross-class...more

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CFPB Proposes Delay of Mandatory Compliance Date for General Qualified Mortgage Rule

We previously reported on recent mortgage rulemakings that were finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) late last year. Of the two final rules from the Bureau, one drastically simplifies the...more

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Colorado Attorney General Announces Landmark Settlement in True Lender Litigation Actions

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In January 2017, the Attorney General of Colorado filed two lawsuits against Marlette Funding LLC and Avant of Colorado LLC. Among other things, the lawsuits claimed that these two companies, as the online platforms for loans...more

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Colorado Settlement Provides a Possible Path Forward for Certain Bank-Fintech Online Lending Partnerships

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We have previously blogged about the lawsuits filed by the Colorado Attorney General against fintechs Avant and Marlette Funding and their partner banks WebBank and Cross River Bank. These lawsuits challenged on Madden and...more

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Bureau Sheds Light on its Abusive Acts or Practices Standard in New Statement of Policy

The CFPB has issued a Statement of Policy which seeks to “convey and foster greater certainty above the meaning of abusiveness” and provide a framework for its exercise of supervisory and enforcement authority as to abusive...more

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Bill Preparing for a "Hard" Brexit Presented in French Parliament

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The Situation: The French government has presented a new bill in order to prepare for a "Hard" Brexit scenario. The Result: If the United Kingdom leaves the European Union in March 2019 without an overall deal—or with a...more

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Consumer Financial Services Spring 2018 Update

District Court Takes Expansive View of Deceptive or Misleading Practices under FDCPA - The FDCPA prohibits a debt collector from using "any false, deceptive, or misleading representation" in connection with the collection...more

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Congressman introduces fintech bill

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Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry, Vice Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, has introduced the “Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016,” which is intended to provide a streamlined regulatory process for...more

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Bi-partisan Congressmen seek arbitration safe harbor allowing class action waivers

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Republican Congressman Randy Neugebauer, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Democratic Congressman W. Lacy Clay, the Subcommittee’s Ranking...more

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