Regulators are painting several types of lending products with a broad brush, bringing an ever-widening swath of lenders under federal purview. Fresh off its rulemaking on buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new classification for paycheck advance...
The banking industry wants more time to comply with a new rule governing consumer financial data. The open banking regulation in question is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s “Proposed Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights,” which is designed to implement section 1033 of...
The end of the month is speeding toward the buy now, pay later (BNPL) industry — and with it, new rules and regulations regarding consumer disputes and new operational burdens in the drive toward compliance. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule classifying BNPL as...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) aims to require mortgage servicers to do more to help struggling homeowners before foreclosing. The regulator issued a proposed rule on this issue Wednesday (July 10) and will accept public comment on it until Sept. 9, the CFPB said...
June 24, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rules that seek to remove medical debt from credit reports and cap card late fees are proving wildly popular with the general public. But there may be unintended consequences — upending the ways in which providers and patients interact and upending credit access in general. The rules have yet […]
June 10, 2024
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra is set to testify on Capitol Hill this week. He is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday (June 12) and...
June 06, 2024
Open banking’s success in the United States — as with any ecosystem — will hinge on several factors, none guaranteed. But, with lessons learned from abroad, and with an incrementally...
June 05, 2024
The respective online “walls of shame” that U.S. and U.K. regulators have proposed to erect — spotlighting companies under various investigations — may have a chilling effect on competition and...
July 19, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is intensifying its scrutiny of SoLo Funds, a lending startup backed by tennis star Serena Williams. The CFPB has introduced a proposed rule that would restrict the way SoLo charges its customers. This action follows a lawsuit filed by the regulator earlier this year, alleging deceptive lending practices by […]
July 17, 2024
The banking industry wants more time to comply with a new rule governing consumer financial data. The open banking regulation in question is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s “Proposed...
July 10, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) aims to require mortgage servicers to do more to help struggling homeowners before foreclosing. The regulator issued a proposed rule on this issue Wednesday...
July 09, 2024
Fifth Third Bank must pay $20 million to resolve litigation in its auto lending practices. The settlement followed an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which accused the bank...
