A&B Abstract: On April 21, 2023 the Financial Stability Oversight Council (hereinafter “FSOC” or “Council”) issued for public comment (1) a proposed analytic framework setting forth FSOC’s approach to identifying, evaluating, and addressing potential risks to financial stability (“Proposed Analytic Framework”), and (2) proposed revisions to FSOC’s existing 2019 interpretive guidance that FSOC would use […]
Dodd-Frank Act
CFPB Issues Special Edition of Supervisory Highlights Focusing on Junk Fees
A&B ABstract: In the 29nd edition of its Supervisory Highlights, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) focused on the impact of so-called “junk” fees in the mortgage servicing, auto servicing, and student loan servicing industries, among others. CFPB Issues New Edition of Supervisory Highlights: On March 8, the CFPB published a special edition of its […]
CFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Establish Public Registry of Supervised Nonbank Form Contract Provisions that Waive or Limit Consumers’ Legal Protections
A&B ABstract: On January 11, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) announced a proposed rule to establish a public registry and require nonbanks supervised by the agency to register their use of certain terms and conditions contained in “take it or leave it” form contracts for consumer financial products or services […]
Trends in Enforcement and Recommendations on Protecting Financial Institutions
In his 2022 speech “Reining in Repeat Offenders” at the Distinguished Lecture on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stated that “[a]chieving general deterrence is an important goal for the CFPB” and “the role of individual liability cannot be discounted.” To that end, the […]
CFPB Proposes Nonbank Registry to Focus on Compliance “Recidivism”
A&B ABstract: On December 12, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed rule to require certain non-banks to register with the agency when they become subject to a public written order or judgment imposing obligations based on violations of certain consumer protection laws. The CFPB also proposes to maintain a public online […]