Monitoring the financial services industry to help companies navigate through regulatory compliance, enforcement, and litigation issues
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…
On March 31, the CFPB released a Small Entity Compliance Guide for its integrated disclosure rule for the Truth in Lending (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Acts (RESPA). The CFPB issued the final rule in November to integrate the initial and final mortgage loan disclosures under TILA and RESPA. The final rule appeared in the…
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…
Consero’s 2014 Financial Services and Insurance Litigation Forum will be held May 18-20, 2014 at the Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, FL. Join Troutman Sander’s lawyer, Ashley Taylor at the forum. Consero’s 2014 Financial Services and Insurance Litigation Forum will address current and looming legal and business challenges faced by today’s Chief Litigation Officers…
Most of the CFPB’s new mortgage rules take effect today, January 10, 2014. The CFPB has rejected congressional and financial industry’s repeated calls for a one-year mortgage regulation delay. However, Director Cordray expressed that, at least in the early days, the CFPB’s examiners will not be looking for compliance perfection but for a good faith…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new rule on November 20, 2013, requiring simpler and more streamlined “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure forms. The streamlined forms are designed to facilitate comparison shopping by consumers, to provide a more informed understanding of the fees and monthly payments associated with a potential loan, and…
On the heels of the release of the final amendments to its new mortgage rules, the CFPB issued a bulletin and interim final rule giving mortgage servicers additional guidance about mortgage servicing rules that will take effect in January 2014. The CFPB’s latest guidance addresses, among other things, communications with family members after a borrower…
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