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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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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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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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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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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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DOJ brings suit against indirect auto lender alleging its repossession practices violated the SCRA

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On March 28, the Department of Justice (DOJ) brought another lawsuit against an auto finance company alleging the company violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by repossessing vehicles owned by servicemembers...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - March 2018 #2

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Editor's Note - Judge Rules for Defendants in Mutual Fund Excessive Fee Lawsuit. On March 9, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio entered summary judgment for defendants in an action brought under...more

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Military Consumer Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate Seeks to Enhance SCRA Enforcement

Several U.S. Senators have introduced legislation for a Military Consumer Enforcement Act that would seek to empower the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to oversee and enforce compliance with the Servicemember...more

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