In recent months, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has increased the use of soft tools, such as advisory opinions, circulars or blog posts, to complement its rulemaking authority. These tools, which are more on the advocacy side than on the enforcement side, are arguably...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has terminated special regulatory treatments for two companies, Payactiv and Upstart, in less than one month, losing more than 20% of the firms using special procedures that seek to foster innovation. First, on June 8, the bureau terminated Upstart’s...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ended financial services provider Payactiv’s Sandbox Approval Order for its earned wage access products. The bureau said Thursday (June 30) it had given the company special regulatory treatment, which deals with its liabilities under federal law, but rescinded...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday (June 29) issued an advisory opinion warning debt collectors that most “pay-to-pay” fees that they often charge violate federal law. These charges, commonly described by debt collectors as “convenience fees,” are imposed on consumers who want to...
States can issue their own fair credit reporting laws that protect residents, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a ruling Tuesday (June 28). The bureau’s interpretive ruling said that with a few exceptions, states can enact their own laws that are stricter...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took its first step yesterday, June 22, to change the regulation affecting credit card late fees. The Bureau published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking data about credit card late fees and late payments to assess whether...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Friday (June 17) that it is measuring the impact that account overdraft fees have on consumers, and it is planning to use this information to identify institutions for further examination and review. In December 2021, the CFPB...
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Rohit Chopra, announced in a Friday (June 17) blog post that the agency is planning to change its approach to regulations, and is reviewing some long-standing rules, including the Credit CARD Act of 2009, the Fair...
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking the public to suggest ways customers can successfully demand “better customer service” from big banks. “In today’s Request for Information, the CFPB seeks data about, and consumer experiences with, the obstacles that may prevent people from receiving...