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
In The Cross-Hairs? Protecting Your Company Against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Investigations and Investors' Mortgage Buyback Claims
An industrial bank or industrial loan company (each, an ILC) charter can be an attractive option for a financial technology company (fintech) or other company seeking to enter the banking space. In June 2024, the Federal...more
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
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 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
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
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