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4 Aug 2017, 12:22 pm by Wolfgang Demino
 – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today unveiled new Know Before You Owe overdraft disclosure prototypes designed to improve the model form that banks and credit unions already provide to consumers weighing overdraft coverage. [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 9:59 am by Richard J. Andreano, Jr.
On August 3, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided the mortgage industry with a first look at the portal to be used for the reporting of, and public access to, data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 7:19 am by Shriver Center
In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that stopped banks and other financial institutions from forcing customers out of court and into a one-sided dispute resolution process known as arbitration.Congress could soon strip Americans of their right to join together in a lawsuit and against banks that have cheated them.In a move clearly inspired by Wall Street, not Main Street, the Senate is poised to block the… [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:06 pm by Robert Cohen
On July 19, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a new rule that has the potential to significantly increase the number of class action lawsuits brought by consumers against their financial services providers. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 12:06 pm by Robert Cohen
On July 19, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a new rule that has the potential to significantly increase the number of class action lawsuits brought by consumers against their financial services providers. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 7:22 am by John Palley
(f) Consistent with their general regulatory authority, and notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 2924.18, the Department of Business Oversight and the Bureau of Real Estate may adopt regulations applicable to any entity or person under their respective jurisdictions that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. [read post]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) looked into the benefits and drawbacks for individuals trying to settle their disputes with large businesses in arbitration. [read post]
28 Jul 2017, 1:56 pm by Vandenack Weaver LLC
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a final rule that prohibits certain financial service companies from blocking class action lawsuits with pre-dispute arbitration clauses and class action waiver clauses in consumer financial services contracts. [read post]
27 Jul 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
House of Representatives passed a resolution using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to override the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 6:49 am by Beth Graham
Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives voted 231 to 190 to repeal a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) rule that prohibits most financial service providers such as banks and credit card issuers from requiring consumers to sign mandatory arbitration agreements that bar class-action lawsuits. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 10:26 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Based on a Law360 article reporting on an interview with Thomas Paul, the Acting Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, it appears that under its new leadership, the FTC will take a less aggressive approach to enforcement than the agency had taken under the Obama Administration. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 10:11 am by Andrea Schneider
From FOTB Jean Sternlight posted today on the ACSblog: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just issued a new rule prohibiting financial service providers from using forced arbitration to prevent their customers from suing the company in class actions. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 10:07 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, announced last Friday that his office is creating a Consumer Financial Protection Unit “to better protect Pennsylvania consumers from financial scams. [read post]
To finally try to put a stop to it (at least in the financial industry) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a nonpartisan office set up by the Obama administration in the wake of the deceptive mortgage lending practices that resulted in the Great Recession, has adopted a new rule to ban banks from including arbitration agreements in their customer contracts. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 8:35 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
”  It also repeats the statement made in previous agendas that the CFPB is “also considering whether rules to require registration of these or other non-depository lenders would facilitate supervision, as has been suggested to the Bureau by both consumer advocates and industry groups. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
Noreika, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to delay publication and implementation of its arbitration agreements rule “until his staff has had a full and fair opportunity to analyze the CFPB data so that he is able to fulfill his safety and soundness obligations. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 7:19 am by Michael Geist
The government could play an important role in opening opportunities to students and by providing financial support for the development of open educational resources that could be used by interested Canadians. [read post]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed Friday to temporarily relax the scope of upcoming changes to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), by raising one threshold for HMDA reporting. [read post]