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CFPB Enters Into $950,000 Consent Order With Non-Bank Remittance Transfer Provider

On October, 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it reached a settlement with a non-bank remittance transfer provider to resolve alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), 15 U.S.C. § 1693 et seq., and its implementing Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. Part 1005, including Subpart B (known as the Remittance…

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CFPB Files Lawsuit Against TransUnion for Deceptive Marketing

On April 12, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced ​that it filed a lawsuit against TransUnion and the company’s former executive.  The complaint​, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that TransUnion violated a 2017 CFPB consent order which resolved allegations that the company deceptively marketed credit scores…

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CFPB Announces Consent Order with Remittance Transfer Provider

On December 21, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a remittance transfer provider, with locations in 15 states and the District of Columbia.  Remittance transfers are transfers of money by consumers in the United States to individuals living abroad.  The consent order states that…

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FTC Sues Credit Repair Companies Over Allegedly Deceptive Marketing Practices

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On June 21, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed a lawsuit against affiliated companies offering services to repair consumers’ damaged credit.  The FTC’s Complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, alleged that the companies used deceptive marketing campaigns that promised to eliminate derogatory credit from consumers’ credit reports and raise…

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CFPB Enters Into $15.5 Million Consent Order with Bank Over Stop Payment and Error Resolution Practices

​On January 3, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a $15.5 million consent order with a federally-chartered savings association bank.  The consent order resolves allegations that the bank violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) between 2011 and 2016. Specifically, the CFPB…

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FDIC Enters Into $20 Million Consent Order With Debt Settlement Entities

On March 28, 2018, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) annou​nced settlements with a bank and an affiliated lender (“Defendants”) relating to allegations of deceptive lending practices.  According to the FDIC, the Defendants provided, as “debt-settlement products,” loans to borrowers who were heavily indebted, which loans had settlement fees of up…

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Ninth Circuit Compels Tribal Lenders to Comply with CFPB Investigative Demand

On January 20, 2017, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a trial court ruling that ordered three tribal lending entities to comply with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) civil investigative demands. The CFPB’s investigation concerns whether small-dollar online lenders or similar persons had engaged in illegal advertising, marketing, or collection practices in…

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CFPB Enters Consent Order with Lender Over Defective Disclosures

On December 20, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a mid-Atlantic financing company over allegations that the company entered into revolving-credit agreements with consumers without providing adequate disclosures.  The consent order alleged that the company violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act…

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CFPB Enters Consent Order with Seattle-Based Payday Lender

On December 16, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order relating to a Seattle-based payday lender and check-cashing company’s allegedly deceptive online advertisements and collection letters.  The consent order alleges that the company violated sections 1031(a) and 1036(a)(1)(B) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. §§ 5531(a), 5536(a)(1)(B),…

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State AGs Announce $13 Million Nationwide Settlement with Money Services Company

​On February 11, 2016, 49 state attorney generals and the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, collectively the “State AGs,”​ announced​ a $13 million nationwide settlement with a Dallas-based money services company.  The settlement agreement was the result of a multi-state investigation headed by the Consumer Protection Divisions of the respective State AGs….

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FTC Reaches Settlement with Online Payday Lenders Relating to Deception Charges

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On January 5, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)​ announced that two online payday lenders ​reached a settlement with the FTC to resolve charges that payday lenders illegally charged consumers undisclosed and inflated fees.  As part of the settlement, each company agreed to a penalty of $2.2 million and combined waived $68 million in uncollected consumer…

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Payday Lender and CFPB Settle Debt Collection Allegations for $10 Million

On December 16, 2015, the CFPB announced a consent order and settlement with a small-dollar lender concerning its debt collection practices in 15 states.  According to the consent order, the lender’s unlawful conduct allegedly included:  in-person collection visits at consumers’ homes and workplaces and phone calls to supervisors, landlords, and…

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CFPB Enters Consent Agreement with Student Loan Lender Concerning Sales and Billing Practices

On July 23, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)​ filed a complaint and proposed consent order in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in connection with a settlement reached with a student loan lender that offered fee-based assistance to consumers filling out the federal government’s Free Application…

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Payday Lenders Agree to Exit Consumer Lending Business in Settlement With FTC

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On July 7, 2015, the FTC ​announced that it reached two stipulated settlements (available here and here) with payday lenders who allegedly deceived customers by signing them up for loans without their permission and then withdrawing “finance” charges indefinitely. The settlements stem from allegations in a complaint​ filed last year that defendants “purchase consumers’ sensitive financial information from online lead generators or data…

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FTC Releases 2014 Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report

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On June 9, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it provided its 2014 Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report (the “Report”) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Federal Reserve Board.  The 23-page Report, dated May 29, 2015, provided information about enforcement and related activities involving Regulation Z (Truth in…

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