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04.11.18

The CFPB’s Many RFIs: A Recap and Timeline

As part of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s efforts to overhaul the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), it has released a series of requests for information (RFIs) over the past two months.


04.11.18

Military Lending Act: May Covered Borrowers Still Purchase GAP Insurance?

Lenders that make loans to service members should pay careful attention to the latest developments in this area.


03.28.18

CFPB News: RFIs, Mortgage Servicer Rule, California Court Upholds Judgment

In CFPB news, Mick Mulvaney’s efforts to reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) continue apace with more requests for information and improvements to the mortgage servicing rule.


03.28.18

New FTC Act Enforcement by FDIC and FTC

Although the CFPB may be retreating from exercising its authority to enforce UDAAP violations under the Dodd-Frank Act, Section 5 of the FTC Act continues to be a potent weapon used by regulators, including the FDIC.


03.15.18

FTC Settles With Payment and Social Networking Service

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into a Consent Order with an online payment system company, settling charges that its payment and social networking service violated the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and related regulations, as well as Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ...


02.28.18

OIG Audit Addresses Data Security Concerns at the CFPB

The independent auditor of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Federal Reserve System reported on cybersecurity issues at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the report does not quite fit the picture painted by either advocates or opponents.


02.01.18

CFPB Upheaval Continues: From RFIs to Leadership Philosophy

With the near-daily stories coming out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), the question has become what isn’t happening at the Bureau.


02.01.18

CFPB’s Relaxed ‘Prepaid Accounts Rule’ Fixes Key Problems

Mick Mulvaney’s CFPB has now issued final changes to its Prepaid Rule, and the payments industry receives a huge reprieve from some of the more draconian elements of the original rule as issued in 2016.


01.18.18

CFPB News: Existential Questions, Payday Lending Reexamined

It’s a huge week for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), as it announces a “call for evidence” on how well it is performing its “proper and appropriate” functions, and the bureau announces that it will reconsider a tough payday lending rule that was ...


01.18.18

Hensarling Staffer Headed to CFPB

Continuing the changing of the guard at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the former staff director of the House Financial Services Committee will step into the role of the bureau’s chief of staff.