The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that protects consumers in the financial sector, is potentially at risk following oral argument on October 3, 2023, before the Supreme Court of the United...more
[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more
The CFPB has released the Winter 2020 edition of its Supervisory Highlights. The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations findings in the areas of debt collection, mortgage servicing, payday lending, and student loan...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the U.S. published an outline of proposals on July 28, 2016 to govern consumer debt collection by debt collectors including third-party collection agencies, debt buyers,...more
On Thursday, March 14, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") propoed, pursuant to Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a rule that would identify a market for student...more
The CFPB has issued a proposal to supervise nonbank student loan servicers who qualify as “larger participants” in the student loan servicing market. The CFPB already supervises student loan servicing by larger banks. It also...more