On June 29, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced it entered consent orders with two New York-based banks for allegedly violating New York’s fair lending laws in the course of providing auto loans. The banks will pay $275,000 and $350,000 in penalties to the state to resolve the allegations. DFS alleged that the…
On March 23, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced that it had issued a report summarizing its findings on the compliance of the underwriting of a technology company’s credit card with fair lending practices and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). DFS began investigating the credit card’s underwriter, a…
On February 10, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Service (DFS) entered into a settlement with a New York-based mortgage company to resolve allegations that the company utilized an unauthorized domain name and website, and failed to provide mortgage loan applicants with pre-application disclosures in violation of Article 12-D of the New York Banking Law…
On September 16, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced it filed a statement of charges against a debt collector over the debt collector’s alleged failure to comply with New York State’s Debt Collection Regulation, Part 1 of Title 23 of the New York Codes, Rules, and…
On January 10, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that, in concert with the New York Attorney General (New York AG), it had entered into a consent order and settlement with an unlicensed mortgage-lending business to resolve allegations that the business illegally made predatory, subprime loans in…
On September 5, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced that it was launching a new investigation into the student loan debt relief industry. NYDFS stated that, as part of its “Step Up for Students” initiative, it was issuing subpoenas to eight student loan debt relief companies…
On January 16, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it fined a New York state-registered mortgage loan servicer $100,000 for failing to maintain two properties in New York under New York’s Abandoned Property Relief Act, which requires banks and mortgage services to fulfill certain maintenance obligations at…
On September 25, 2017, New York’s Financial Services Superintendent announced that the Department of Financial Services (DFS) had entered into a consent order with a payday loan debt collector and a payday loan servicer that serviced and collected on payday loans made to New York consumers that were illegal in New…
On August 10, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a Missouri-based lender that specializes in mortgage loans guaranteed by the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs. According to the consent order, the DFS determined that, between 2011 and 2014, the lender failed…
On November 9, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced it entered into a consent order with a New Jersey-based mortgage company and its subsidiary. The order stems from multiple investigations concerning loans originated between 2008 and early 2014. The NYDFS alleges that the company had inadequate…
On May 18, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced a consent order with a debt buyer for purchasing and collecting on allegedly illegal payday loans made to New York consumers, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New York state law. The settlement requires the…
On May 18, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced a consent order with a Virginia debt buyer for collecting on illegal payday loans from New York consumers, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and New York state law. Between 2012 and 2014, the debt buyer…
On March 17, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced that it entered into a consent order and settlement with a financial services company over allegations the company offered illegal online payday loans in New York. The company allegedly operated an online payday loan “lead generation” business. Although payday lending is…
On November 19, 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it had ordered a regional mortgage company to pay a $1 million fine and surrender its mortgage license over allegations the firm’s senior managers cheated on continuing education exams. Under New York law, all mortgage originators must…
On August 20, 2015, the CFPB and the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced they had filed a lawsuit in federal court in California against two regional financial companies. According the complaint, the companies deceived consumers about the fees and interest rates associated with pension loans. The companies…
On March 9, 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced that it entered a consent order with a “lead generation” payday lender where the lender agreed to pay a $2.1 million penalty, provide new warnings to consumers, and cease operations in the state. Payday lending is illegal in New York. “Lead…
On February 5, 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced a settlement with a national bank over allegations that the bank improperly secured its retail credit card with an interest in the borrower’s home, and that certain mortgage loan files contained falsified or altered income documents. Under the…