Illinois delays vote on CRA regulations; FCC closes lead generator loophole; Biden vetoes bill disapproving 1071; CFPB adjusts asset thresholds under HMDA, TILA; bureau issues report on overdraft fees; CFPB shutters medical debt collector.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s outline of proposed amendments to the regulation implementing the Fair Credit Reporting Act lacked key details, financial services trade groups said in a joint letter.
A panel of judges in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the federal Bankruptcy Code doesn’t preempt state law claims arising from alleged improper collection attempts of a discharged debt.
The bureau has accused South Carolina-based Heights Finance of targeting borrowers for their likelihood to refinance and using coercive practices to drive them into fee-laden refinancing cycles.
A New York court has rejected a motion to dismiss a CFPB lawsuit against a group of debt buyers for violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling last month deepens a circuit split on the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding structure, which is set for hearing before the Supreme Court next term.
In a special edition supervisory highlights report, the CFPB revealed old and new ways in which mortgage servicers are attempting to collect unlawful fees from borrowers.
Appellate courts are rejecting older interpretations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, while the CFPB is pushing its own readings of them through guidance.
TransUnion in talks with the CFPB and FTC to settle charges; medical collections declined in the past four years; CHLA seeks exemption for members from CFPB’s “repeat offender” registry.
The bureau seeks to weed out one-sided terms and conditions included in contracts that consumers sign when purchasing a product or signing up for a service from a nonbank. House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-NC, slammed the proposal.