Beginning in June, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will provide the public with access to the meetings of the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB)and the CFPB’s three Councils. Anyone may attend or watch the full meetings live online the same way most other agencies allow under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
As we previously discussed,
Last week, Richard Cordray, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, issued a statement praising BMO Harris Bank and its decision to compensate auto dealers for originating indirect auto loans based on a non-negotiable percentage of the loan amount. Director Cordray stated, “It is encouraging to see BMO Harris taking this proactive step to
On Thursday, May 1, 2014, the White House issued a report outlining initiatives to supposedly better protect privacy in light of the growing realm of big data, the term used to describe a collection of large and complex data sets. The report, titled “Big Data and Privacy: A Technological Perspective,” was presented to the President
On Wednesday, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) became the first state financial regulator to use the Dodd-Frank Act’s “UDAAP” consumer protection standards against a corporation when it filed a lawsuit against an auto lender. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act gives state regulators the ability to sue companies for engaging in unfair, deceptive, or
In early April, Deputy Director Steven Antonakes of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau delivered the keynote speech at a meeting of the Consumer Bankers Association. During his speech, he specifically targeted the auto finance industry, articulating the CFPB’s concern over dealer mark-up and comparing the practice to mortgage yield spread premiums. Deputy Director Antonakes stated:
In a speech at the Consumer Bankers Association, CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes discussed the nonbank segments of the financial services industry where the CFPB recently has expanded its supervision, including debt collection, student loan servicing, and large nonbank auto lenders.
Antonakes cited the receipt of more than 20,000 consumer complaints in March 2014 as
Earlier today a bipartisan bill was introduced into the US House of Representatives which would require the CFPB to create an advisory panel of small financial services companies similar to other boards the Bureau has created. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act, introduced by Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., and
Troutman Sanders’ lawyer David Anthony will be presenting at the upcoming American Conference Institute’s 18th National Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation. The conference will be held April 8-9, 2014 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel &Suites in Los Angeles, CA. David will be presenting on , “CLASS ACTIONS: New and Emerging
On Thursday, March 21, 2014, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Dominguez v. Yahoo!, Inc., held that Yahoo did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) because Yahoo’s SMS system could not “randomly or sequentially generate telephone numbers.” The Dominquez court is the most recent to weigh in on one of the most
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continued “Operation Steer Clear” – a crackdown on deceptive advertising by automobile dealers – with a tenth settlement with a dealer accused of misrepresenting the terms of available consumer leases.
Courtesy Auto Group, Inc., a Massachusetts auto dealer, agreed to a proposed settlement with the FTC under which