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Search ArticlesCFPB Amends Wise Order for Remittance Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today amended its January 30, 2025 consent order with the international remittance company Wise resolving claims including advertising inaccurate fees and failing to properly disclose exchange rates and other costs. Wise allows customers to send, receive, and store remittances through a mobile app and prepaid accounts and debit cards.
CFPB Announcement Regarding Enforcement Actions Related to Buy Now, Pay Later Loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing today that it will not prioritize enforcement actions taken on the basis of the Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Use of Digital User Accounts to Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans, 89 Fed. Reg. 47,068 (May 31, 2024) (“Buy Now, Pay Later”). The Bureau will instead keep its enforcement and supervision resources focused on pressing threats to consumers, particularly servicemen and veterans.
CFPB Keeps Its Enforcement and Supervision Resources Focused on Pressing Threats to Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing today that, with respect to the regulation titled Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B), implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 88 Fed. Reg. 35,150 (May 31, 2023), it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions with regard to entities that are currently outside the stay imposed under Texas Bankers Association v.
CFPB Offers Regulatory Relief From Registration Requirements for Small Loan Providers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing today that, with respect to the regulation titled Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders, 89 Fed. Reg. 56028 (July 8, 2024) (codified at 12 CFR part 1092), it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions with regard to entities that do not satisfy future deadlines under the regulation to submit registration information.
2024 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application Register (LAR) data for 2024 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) HMDA Platform for approximately 4,898 HMDA filers. The published data contain loan-level information filed by financial institutions and modified to protect consumer privacy. To increase public accessibility, the annual loan-level LAR data for each HMDA filer are available online.
CFPB Offers Regulatory Relief for Small Loan Providers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing today that, with respect to the Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Regulation, it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions with regard to any penalties or fines associated with the Payment Withdrawal provisions and the Payment Disclosure provisions once they become operative on March 30, 2025.
CFPB Seeks to Vacate Abusive, Unjust Case Against Townstone
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russ Vought is seeking to vacate the settlement the CFPB extracted from Townstone after a seven-year harassment saga. Using a “redlining screen” based on an arbitrary number of mortgages, CFPB set out to destroy a small Midwest firm with about ten employees and a radio program called Townstone Financial.
Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F)
This rule amends Regulation F, 12 CFR part 1006, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), to prescribe Federal rules governing certain activities of debt collectors, as that term is defined in the FDCPA.
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Statement on Designation of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 31, 2025, President Trump designated Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump’s agenda to lower costs for the American people and accelerate economic growth,” said Secretary Bessent.