Tag Archive: CFPB

Paying Your Credit Card By Phone; What Are The Fees?

A compliance bulletin discussing fees charged to consumers to pay-by-phone (“Bulletin dated July 31, 2017”) was published by  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”),    The CFPB stated that these fees may amount to unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices known as “UDAAP”.  UDAAP practices are prohibited by federal law under 12 USC 5531 […]

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CFPB Final Rule Prohibiting Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses

On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule prohibiting class action waivers in predispute arbitration clauses contained in covered consumer financial services agreements. The four primary provisions of the final rule are as follows: Under the final rule, a “predispute arbitration agreement” is defined as: “an agreement between a […]

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CFPB And Commercial Credit

Does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)  have jurisdiction over “commercial credit”? Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II,  raised certain concerns  in a recent letter to the CFPB (the “Cleaver Letter”) , which can help us answer this question.  As we know, fintech lending is based upon the use of algorithms to determine whether to provide commercial […]

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Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze. What Is The Effect On The CFPB

The Trump Administration circulated a memorandum on January 20, 2017 (the “January 2017 Memo”) to the heads of executive departments and agencies,  initiating a regulatory review to be headed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”).  The  January 2017 Memo  states in relevant part, “[S]end no regulation to the Office of […]

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