Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: State Fair Access and Debanking Laws Bring Country’s Political and Cultural Divisions to the Fore
Loans, Retail Installment Contracts, and Refinancing Programs — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Credit Card and Other Rewards Programs in the Crosshairs
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Analyzing the CFPB's Stance on Comparison Shopping and Lead Generation Websites — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Keeping up with all the new regulations
CFPB's Larger Participant Rule for Consumer Payments - Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
CFPB's Section 1071 Final Rule (Part 3): Potential Problem Areas – The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 2) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 1) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Use of the FDIC Name and Logo: Proceed With Caution
Takeaways for Banks from the CFPB’s Recent Consent Order on Garnishment Orders
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things administrative law, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. Environmental/Energy: D.C. Circuit Defers to EPA’s Factual Determinations: On Aug. 13, the US Court...more
In this edition of Fintech Flash, we discuss important things to know about the regulation of unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices and 10 areas of focus to mitigate your UDAAP risk. When a regulator...more
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and six trade groups have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleging the Bureau is exceeding its...more
This week, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in conjunction with the CFPB’s submission of its...more
Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) products are taking center stage as a popular way for consumers to purchase goods or services now and pay for them over time through a short series of installments, often interest-free. Industry...more
California’s governor is expected to sign into law soon a bill creating a state consumer financial protection agency, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), which some have called California’s...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is New York’s primary regulator of financial institutions, consumer protection, and financial activity. With jurisdiction over more than 1,500 financial institutions, the...more
CFPB Director Kraninger was the sole witness at a House Financial Services Committee hearing thsi week on the Bureau’s Spring 2019 semi-annual report and at a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday on the report. ...more
Part 1: Electronic Commerce - This is the first part of a two-part article discussing the regulatory landscape for financial technology as applied to electronic commerce and electronic banking. This article focuses on...more
Addressing the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2018 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2018, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney advised that regulation by enforcement is dead, and that he does not care...more
Addressing the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2018 Annual Convention in Washington, DC on October 15, 2018, BCFP Acting Director Mick Mulvaney advised that regulation by enforcement is dead, and that he does not care much...more
As anyone who is associated with the residential real estate settlement services industry can appreciate, resolution of the PHH case by the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought much-needed clarity and...more
Speculation about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ever-present since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election was first announced. Originally published in Delaware...more
On December 5, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) essentially invalidated the CFPB’s auto lending guidance by finding that it constitutes a “rule” for purposes of the Congressional Review Act (CRA)....more
Regulators from the states of Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota and North Dakota (“Participating States”) have entered into a settlement agreement with three affiliated debt collection companies to settle...more
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will mark up its draft fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill. The draft bill contains multiple provisions to reform the...more
On June 12, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a comprehensive report setting forth the Trump Administration’s vision for regulatory reform in the banking sector. Specifically, this report focuses on the depository...more
The report issued earlier this week by the U.S. Treasury Department to President Trump in response to his February 2017 Executive Order 13772, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities-Banks and Credit Unions,”...more
On Monday, Chairman Hensarling circulated a memorandum to the House Financial Service Committee Leadership Team suggesting key revisions to the CHOICE Act. It only addresses proposed changes to the CHOICE Act; several key...more
In this article we highlight the role played by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in regulating small business lending. Broadly speaking, the bureau’s jurisdiction is limited to the marketplace for consumer financial...more