June 2015

According to a Supreme Court amicus brief filed last month by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, consumers who are required to guarantee their spouses’ credit applications are themselves credit applicants who are protected from discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B.

The CFPB claims that courts should defer to Regulation B’s “reasonable”

Authored by D. Kyle Deak

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the results of a study on reverse mortgage advertisements.  The study was based upon personal interviews conducted in November and December 2014 with 59 homeowners aged 62 or older in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. concerning 97 print, radio, online, and television

On June 1, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill that would require businesses exposed to a data breach to notify victims within 90 days of the breach.  The bill would also require businesses to provide victims with one year of identity-theft protection if their Social Security number is compromised.  Senate Bill 949, An Act

On June 1, 2015, the Independent Community Bankers of America (“ICBA”) heavily criticized the CFPB’s decision to lodge information requests to data processing firms regarding checking account overdraft fees, particularly because of their alleged high costs and unwarranted breadth. The requests are targeted at information on community bank and credit union overdraft plans and seek