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Payday and Small-Dollar Lending - March 2026
Looking Ahead to 2026 In 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reduced its scrutiny of small-dollar lenders by publicly announcing that it “will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions” on its small-dollar lending rule, which took effect in March, and signaling that it may narrow the rule via rulemaking. This hands-off approach marked a stark reversal from the CFPB’s 2017–2023 policy cycle, in which small-dollar lending was a central focus of supervision and enforcement.
Massachusetts Attorney General Settles With Student Loan Lender For Unlawful Practices Related To The Use Of AI
This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. The settlement resolved allegations related to the company's lending practices, which Campbell's office claimed violated consumer protection and fair lending laws because of the company's use of artificial intelligence models that had the potential to cause disparate harm to minority borrowers.
Massachusetts Attorney General Settles with Student Loan Lender for Unlawful Practices Related to the Use of AI | JD Supra
This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. The settlement resolved allegations related to the company’s lending practices, which Campbell’s office claimed violated consumer protection and fair lending laws because of the company’s use of artificial intelligence models that had the potential to cause disparate harm to minority borrowers.
Shifting Priorities: Bureau Memorandum Provides Insight Into New Era For CFPB
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have included dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has retreated from many of its enforcement litigations, initiated reductions in force currently subject to legal challenges in federal court, and most recently, explained its shifting priorities for consumer protection in a detailed internal memorandum.
Shifting Priorities: Bureau Memorandum Provides Insight into New Era for CFPB | JD Supra
The first 100 days of the Trump administration have included dramatic changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency has retreated from many of its enforcement litigations, initiated reductions in force currently subject to legal challenges in federal court, and most recently, explained its shifting priorities for consumer protection in a detailed internal memorandum.
2024 Year in Review: Payday and Small-Dollar Lending | JD Supra
Looking Ahead to 2025 We expect the level of enforcement and regulatory activity in the payday and short-term small-dollar loan space to decrease in 2025, at least at the federal level. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was particularly active in this space under the leadership of former Director Rohit Chopra, including announcing interpretive rules and filing lawsuits related to companies and industries that offer alternatives to traditional payday and title loan products.
California Attorney General Warns California-Chartered Banks And Credit Unions On Surprise Overdraft Fees And Returned Deposited Item Fees
On February 20, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a letter warning California-chartered banks and credit unions with assets under $10 billion that charging surprise overdraft fees and returned deposited item fees is likely an unfair business practice that violates California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq., and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 15 U.S.C., § 5536.
California Attorney General Warns California-Chartered Banks and Credit Unions On Surprise Overdraft Fees and Returned Deposited Item Fees | JD Supra
On February 20, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a letter warning California-chartered banks and credit unions with assets under $10 billion that charging surprise overdraft fees and returned deposited item fees is likely an unfair business practice that violates California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq., and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 15 U.S.C., § 5536.
2023 Year in Review: Student Lending | JD Supra
Welcome to the Student Lending chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 The CFPB will likely continue to focus on junk fees, nontransparent and other “illegal” practices relating to student loan servicing, and the hidden costs of college tuition payment plans. Key Trends From 2023 In 2023, Goodwin tracked only two enforcement actions related to student lending, a decrease from the five actions Goodwin tracked in 2022.
CFPB Announces New Proposed Rule To Target Junk Fees
On January 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new proposed rule as part of the CFPB's broader strategy of targeting junk fees. This proposed rule would "prohibit non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees on transactions that financial institutions decline in real time." These fees apply to "transactions declined right at the swipe, tap, or click," which include declined ATM withdrawals, declined debit card purchases, and declined peer-to-peer payments.
CFPB Announces New Proposed Rule to Target Junk Fees | JD Supra
On January 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new proposed rule as part of the CFPB’s broader strategy of targeting junk fees. This proposed rule would “prohibit non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees on transactions that financial institutions decline in real time.” These fees apply to “transactions declined right at the swipe, tap, or click,” which include declined ATM withdrawals, declined debit card purchases, and declined peer-to-peer payments.
Breast cancer survivorship experiences among Black women
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Tsion G. Fikre reports being a consultant for Evidera. Naomi Y. Ko reports being an expert witness for Williams and Connolly. The other authors made no disclosures. Supporting Information Filename Description cncr34634-sup-0001-suppl-data.pdf74 KB Supplementary Material cncr34634-sup-0002-table_s1.docx26.4 KB Supplementary Material REFERENCES 1, , , et al.
CFPB And Justice And Consumer Protection Of The European Commission Announce Plans For An
On July 17, 2023, Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission and Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced the start of an "informal dialogue" between their two agencies.
CFPB and Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission Announce Plans for an “Informal Dialogue” | JD Supra
On July 17, 2023, Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission and Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced the start of an “informal dialogue” between their two agencies.
New York Releases Significant Changes to Adult-Use Cannabis Regulations | JD Supra
May 18, 2023 Anne Buck, Joshua Eisenson, Adam Horowitz, Brett Schuman Goodwin + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 11, 2023, the New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced revised proposed adult-use cannabis regulations. The revised regulations contain some significant changes from those initially published on December 14, 2022.
HUD Announces Final Rule Restoring 2013 Discriminatory Effects Standard | JD Supra
On March 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it had submitted a Final Rule entitled Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard. The Rule reinstates HUD’s 2013 discriminatory effects rule and repeals its 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act (FHA) disparate impact claims.
CFPB Advisory Opinion Details RESPA Implications for Mortgage Comparison Websites | JD Supra
Summary On February 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an Advisory Opinion detailing potential RESPA implications for companies that operate online mortgage and settlement service comparison platforms, as well as the lenders and service providers who may pay to be featured on such platforms.
CFPB advisory opinion details RESPA implications for mortgage comparison websites
The two types of entities most immediately affected by the Opinion are the operators of online comparison platforms and the mortgage lenders who use them to advertise and generate consumer leads. For those entities, the most critical considerations include: (1) What information is being presented to consumers?, (2) How is it being presented?, and (3) What payments are flowing from lenders to the platform operator?
Pharmaceutical Company to Halt Promotion of Opioids
In the fall of 2017, President Trump directed the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency. According to The New York Times, opioid overdoses are currently the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years old, causing around 64,000 deaths last year. This epidemic disproportionately effects rural communities more than other communities.
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