Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Proposal to Supervise Large Nonbank Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
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On February 23, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) published an order establishing supervisory authority over a small-loan consumer finance company, using a Dodd-Frank Act provision that...more
Welcome to the Fintech chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB is expected to finalize rulemaking authorizing supervision of payment application...more
Certain financial technology (FinTech) firms will soon be subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, and should be prepared accordingly....more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued a proposed rule that would grant it supervisory authority over major nonbank technology companies in the consumer digital payments space....more
The CFPB is shifting its focus to FinTech and nonbank payment systems, circling back to past frontiers. This recent warning echoes the sentiment of former CFPB’s Director, Richard Cordray, focusing heavily on FinTechs and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has expanded its oversight of nonbank financial entities (nonbanks) to add to its available regulatory tools in response to the rapid rise of nonbank financial products and...more
Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has authority to require reports and conduct examinations with respect to large...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently announced that it is going to exercise authority described as “dormant” to supervise nonbanks that are not otherwise subject to the CFPB’s supervision authority....more
The agency just revived its dormant authority to supervise nonbank financial entities that it determines pose risk to consumers. On April 25, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) - the US government...more
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced that it will examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers, using statutory authority that until now had gone unused. Additional examinations would...more
On April 25, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will begin examining nonbank “covered persons” that it has determined pose risks to consumers. The CFPB has had this authority since its...more
Nonbank lenders, fintech firms, and smaller entities that do not meet the CFPB's threshold of a "larger participant" in defined areas have avoided CFPB supervision, but that is changing. On Monday, the CFPB issued a press...more
On July 12, 2021 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that a consent order had been reached with an Atlanta-based non-bank lending company that would require the company to cancel up to $9 million in...more
Bank, nonbank, and Fintech providers of consumer financial products and services may be able to reduce their exposure to compliance risk under the December 13, 2018 No Action Letter (“NAL”) Policy changes proposed by the...more
A portion of the Treasury’s report entitled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation,” focuses on payments. ...more