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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) sent letters to the top retail credit card companies at the beginning of June, encouraging the companies to use more transparent promotions, citing a major retailer’s decision to end deferred-interest programs associated with its credit card.  In the letter, the Bureau outlined its concerns that temporary promotions – such…

In its fifth annual fair lending report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau highlighted redlining, mortgage and student loan servicing, and small business lending as areas of focus for 2017.  CFPB Director Richard Cordray specifically noted these areas for enhanced enforcement actions, describing them as “significant or emerging fair lending risk to consumers.”

“In 2017…

On May 31, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report summarizing the complaints the Bureau received from senior citizens since the CFPB opened its doors in July 2011.  In its nearly six years of operation, the Bureau has handled approximately 1,163,200 complaints, with 103,100 complaints coming from consumers 62 years of age and older.…

A federal district court in Florida entered summary judgment against SeaWorld in a class action case, finding the theme park violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA)  by renewing class members’ contracts during their one-year term and collecting unauthorized payments after the contracts expired.

Lead Plaintiff Jason Herman commenced the action in December 2014, alleging…

In its Form 10-Q dated April 25, 2017 for the quarterly period that ended on March 31, 2017, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. announced that it had detected a data security breach in its electronic processing and transmission of confidential customer and employee information.  Specifically, Chipotle’s information security team detected unauthorized activity on the network that …

On April 26, a group of state bank regulators filed a lawsuit to block the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from issuing special charters to fintech firms.  The regulators argue that the OCC fintech charter will improperly displace already effective state laws regulating fintech companies, that the OCC lacks the authority to issue…

At the end of January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its Prepaid Rule – Small Entity Compliance Guide.  The Bureau intends for the Guide to provide a user-friendly summary of the Prepaid Rule, issued in October, but cautions that the Guide is not a substitute for reviewing the Rule, Regulation E, or …

On March 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota granted Intercept Corporation (“Intercept”), Bryan Smith, and Craig Dresser’s Motion to Dismiss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) Complaint in the case between the CFPB and Intercept. The decision to grant the Motion to Dismiss marks the first time that the Bureau…

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Keith Barnett, Ashley Taylor and David Anthony will be featured speakers at the 2017 Third Party Payment Processors Association (“TPPPA”) Annual Conference taking place May 17-19 at The Westin Washington, DC City Center. Keith and Ashley will participate in a panel to address the current legal…

On March 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its monthly complaint snapshot, with a specific focus on credit cards.  Since its inception in July 2011, the Bureau has handled 1,136,000 consumer complaints across all products, with 116,200 complaints related to credit cards.  The CFPB received 26,300 complaints in February 2017, with 2,299 of those…