An $8 million settlement announced November 19, 2014, between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the nation’s largest “buy here pay here” auto dealer represents yet another warning coming out of Washington, D.C. that:
1. Compliance with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when businesses furnish credit information to consumer reporting
On October 28, the Deputy Comptroller for Supervision of Risk Management Darrin Benhart of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency discussed auto and home equity lending risks and consumer debt sales. A copy of his remarks, which were made before the Financial Services Collections and Credit Risk Conference, can be found here.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) recently sent a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray expressing concern about the Bureau’s proposed regulation of nonbank auto lenders.
According to Hensarling, it would be “inappropriate” for the agency to regulate nonbank auto lenders until it clarifies the “rules of the road.” The letter echoes
On October 2, the Supreme Court granted cert in a new Fair Housing Act disparate impact case, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., No. 13-1371. The case takes aim at the viability of a concept at the heart of recent regulatory efforts in the auto finance space
On September 29, the Eleventh Circuit issued its highly anticipated decision in Mais v. Gulf Coast Collection Bureau, Inc., overturning the district court’s prior holding and providing defense-favorable law on prior express consent. The decision was in response to an unprecedented May 2013 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
The annual Auto Finance Summit is quickly approaching and their roster and agenda look superb. AutoFinanceSummit.com describes this year’s event:
“Sharing insights and innovations make it more than the industry’s premier event, it’s your annual opportunity to meet, network and learn from the best. This conference has grown into the “can’t miss” event of the
As we previously discussed here, on September 18 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau conducted a field hearing in Indianapolis. Aside from opening remarks from CFPB Director Richard Cordray himself, the hearing also consisted of a panel discussion of industry participants (including representatives from the NADA, the Consumer Bankers’ Association, and the American Financial Services
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, under fire from both industry and Congressional constituencies for using unexplained statistical methodologies to reach conclusions that auto lenders have engaged in unlawful credit discrimination, issued a report on September 17 that provided details of its methodologies and argued for their validity.
The CFPB and other federal regulators have generally
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, through its announcement on September 17 of the “larger participant” rule for auto lenders, has made clear that it intends to tighten its regulatory grip on the auto lending industry in the United States. In a separate special “Supervisory Highlights” report, also issued on September 17,
On September 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued proposed regulations that amend the CFPB’s existing regulations defining “larger participants” of consumer financial products it supervises by adding a new section to define larger participants of a market for automobile financing. The CFPB explains that the approximately 38 nonbank larger participants that would be captured