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CFPB: Number of servicemember complaints increased in 2023

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report was released on September 24, 2024, highlighting areas of concern regarding student lending and noting that the number of...more

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CFPB says SCRA-related complaints are increasing

On May 23, the CFPB published a blog post reporting that complaints from servicemembers, veterans, and their families significantly increased, with the total number of complaints surpassing 400,000 since the CFPB began...more

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CFPB Litigation On Fire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is engaged in a firestorm of tricky litigation these days. Some highlights, in addition to the Third Circuit’s NCSLT ruling we reported on previously: With respect to the...more

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CFPB continues to look to creditors to help servicemembers take advantage of SCRA benefits

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On January 12, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a report highlighting an increase in reported incidents of identity theft by servicemembers. The report, titled “Servicemember reports about...more

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Property manager settles with DOJ on SCRA violations

On June 13, the DOJ announced a settlement with a property management company resolving allegations that it charged nine servicemembers early termination fees after receiving military orders to relocate, in violation of the...more

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DOJ initiates SCRA action over auto auctions and dispositions

On March 3, the DOJ filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against a North Carolina-based towing company for allegedly auctioning off, selling, or disposing of vehicles owned...more

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Utah Legislature Considers Military Lending Bill

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On February 13, a bill was introduced in the Utah House of Representatives, entitled HB 455, that would add protections relating to credit obligations and certain installment contracts for service members assigned to a...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter -December 2022 # 2

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To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more

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CFPB Report Finds Only Small Fractions of Activated Guard and Reserve Servicemembers Receive SCRA Interest Rate Reductions

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On December 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report entitled Protecting Those Who Protect Us. The report sought to quantify, for the first time, the use of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act...more

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DOJ Settles SCRA Interest Rate Action Against Auto Finance Company

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On September 28, 2022, the Department of Justice (”DOJ”) announced a settlement with Westlake Financial Services (“Westlake”), a Los Angeles-based indirect auto finance company specializing in subprime and near-subprime...more

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CFPB and DOJ Remind Auto Finance Companies of SCRA Protections for Servicemembers

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On July 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint letter to auto finance companies, reminding them of the protections the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) affords...more

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DOJ, CFPB Warn Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a joint letter reminding the auto finance industry to enforce certain interest rate restrictions and other consumer protection...more

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CFPB and DOJ Send Clear Message Regarding Servicemembers to the Auto Industry 

Following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s supervisory observations that the auto finance industry seemed to be struggling with providing adequate consumer protections to servicemembers, the CFPB has joined with the...more

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DOJ and CFPB send notification letter to auto finance companies regarding SCRA protections

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On July 29, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notification letter (the “joint letter”) to “remind” auto lenders and leasing companies of the protections...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - August 2022

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To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more

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DOJ Settles Lawsuit Alleging Violation of Motor Vehicle Lease Termination Protections under the SCRA

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On September 30, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it settled a lawsuit alleging that a sales finance company violated the early motor vehicle lease termination protections provided to servicemembers under the...more

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More SCRA Enforcement Activity by the Department of Justice

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The Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative at the U.S. Department of Justice continues. At the end of July, the DOJ entered into a consent order in a Texas case where a towing company sold active-duty servicemembers' cars...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 8, October 2020

Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act - What You Need to Know - Between the Civil War and 1940, the United States periodically had legislation that prevented lawsuits against soldiers and sailors during times of conflict. Then,...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

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Financial Services Companies Should Review SCRA Policies and Procedures to Prepare for Possible Large Scale Activation of National...

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As the COVID-19 virus pandemic evolves, certain more specific effects are becoming more likely. One of these may result in a significant increase in requests for relief, and the applicability of the obligations imposed, under...more

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Washington DFI Extends SCRA Interest Rate Cap to Servicemember Spouses

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In its recently published Summer 2019 Newsletter, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (“DFI”) reported that it had interpreted the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) broadly to apply the SCRA’s 6%...more

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South Carolina enacts Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

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On April 26, the South Carolina Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the “Act”) was signed into law and went into immediate effect. The Act seeks to “expand and supplement” the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”),...more

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Justice Department Obtains Its Largest Ever Settlement Against A Property Management Company for Alleged Violations of the...

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The Justice Department announced in a March 15 press release that it has reached an agreement with property management company PRG Real Estate Management (PRG) and several related entities to settle claims that PRG violated...more

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Consumer Finance: Kraninger Testifies, CFPB Reports, DOJ Enforces SCRA

Making headlines in consumer finance news, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Director Kathy Kraninger paid Congress another visit, while the CFPB published its latest Supervisory Highlights, a first-time...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: Busy Week for the Fed, and a New Overtime Rule

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Editor's Note - Busy Week for the Fed. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) was busy this past week, announcing that it would limit use of the “qualitative objection” in its Comprehensive...more

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