Search Results: CFPA

CFPB Files Complaint Against New York-Based Debt Collectors

​On January 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint​ against three New York-based debt collection companies and their owners.  The CFPB alleged the companies sold debts to collection companies that used unlawful collection tactics. Specifically, the CFPB alleged the companies knew or should have known that the…

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CFPB Files Complaint Against Pawnshop Lenders for Alleged Military Lending Act Violations

On November 12, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against two pawnshop lenders, alleging violations of the Military Lending Act (MLA), 10 U.S.C. § 987.  Under the MLA, consumer credit extended to military servicemembers may…

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CFPB Issues Orders to Collect Information from Big Tech Companies

On October 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has issued orders to collect information about the business plans and practices of multiple large technology companies operating payment systems in the United States.  Notably, these orders were issued pursuant to the CFPB’s rulemaking authority under Dodd-Frank Section 1022, rather than its…

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CFPB, DOJ, and OCC Reach Settlement with Bank for Alleged Lending Discrimination

On October 22, 2021, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced ​that the CFPB, Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) collectively reached a joint settlement with a national bank that resolved allegations of mortgage lending discrimination in the Memphis metropolitan area in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA),…

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CFPB Reaches $6 Million Settlement with Prison Prepaid Debit Card Provider

On October 19, 2021, the CFPB announced that it entered a consent order against a Florida-based financial services company, resolving claims that the company violated the Unfair, Deceptive, Abusive Acts and Practices (UDAAP) provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. § 5536(a) by charging unlawful fees, and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act,…

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CFPB Sues Software Company for Allegedly Supporting Illegal Credit-Repair Fees

On September 20, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California against a California-based software company and its owner.  The complaint alleges that the software company violated the Telemarking Sales Rule (TSR) and Consumer Financial…

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CFPB Enters Into Consent Order with Affiliated Education Financing Companies

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​On September 7, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a group of affiliated education financing companies that provided students with income share agreements (ISAs) to finance postsecondary education.  The consent order resolves allegations that the companies violated ​the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), Regulation Z…

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CFPB Files Complaint and Proposed Order Against Debt Relief and Credit Repair Company, Seeking Permanent Ban

On June 29, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it filed a proposed stipulated order with a Maryland-based debt relief and credit repair company concerning alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). If accepted by the court, the order would ban the company and its…

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Auto Lender Enters Into Consent Order with CFPB

​On May 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced​ that it ​entered into a consent order​ and stipulation with​ a California-based company that services subprime auto loans originated by car dealers.​ According to the consent order and stipulation, the CFPB ​found that the company engaged in unfair acts or practices by charging interest on late payments related to loss damage waiver fees,…

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CFPB and Debt Settlement Company Agree to Stipulated Final Judgment and Order

​On May 17, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has entered​ into a stipulated judgment​ and order​ to resolve a civil action that it previously filed against a debt settlement company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on December 1, 2020, as previously reported he​​re. ​The CFPB initially filed suit against the debt settlement company…

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CFPB Settles with Online Debt-Settlement Company for Alleged CFPA and TSR Violations

On April 13, 2021 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it reached a settlement with an online debt-settlement company to resolve alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. §§ 5531, 5536(a), 5564, 5565, and the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), 6 C.F.R. Part 310. According to the complaint, the…

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CFPB Announces $860,000 Settlement with Debt Collection Company for Alleged Deceptive Practices and CFPA Violations

​On April 6, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a third-party debt collection company and its former owner for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. §§ 5531, 5536 and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et ​​seq. The CFPB alleged that…

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CFPB File Suit Against Payment Processor for Allegedly Facilitating Internet-based Scam

On March 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a Chicago-based payment processor for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. §5531 and 5536(a)(1)(B), the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (Telemarketing Act), 15…

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CFPB Sues Connecticut-Based Mortgage Lender

​On January 15, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it had filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against a Connecticut-based mortgage company and three individual defendants for alleged violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA)​, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act…

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