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Last Week, This Morning
Key developments from the past week in consumer and commercial finance and privacy law.
FTC Obtains TRO Against Debt Collection Company and Owner
Short-Term Cash Advance Company Subject to Lawsuit by FTC
Mortgage Lender Settles Charges that It Violated ECOA By Discouraging Prospective Applicants, On Basis of Race, from Applying for Mortgage Loans
Treasury Department Releases Strategy to Expand Access to Safe and Affordable Financial Products and Services
CFPB Issues Consent Order Against Largest Credit Union to Resolve Allegations of Improper Overdraft Fees
FHFA Expands Uniform Appraisal Dataset to Include FHA Data, Among Other Policy Updates
FHA Requests Feedback on Draft Mortgagee Letter Concerning Nonjudicial Foreclosures with Secretary-Held Subordinate Liens
CFPB Obtains Consent Order with Credit Union Arising from Rollout of New Virtual Banking Platform
Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities Allows Credit Decisions to be Made at Limited Purpose Banking Offices
CFPB Finalizes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
CFPB Settles Claims Against Apple and Partner Bank in Connection with Apple Credit Card
California DFPI's Newest Registration Requirements for Product-Specific Providers Takes Effect on February 15, 2025
Oklahoma Updates Spot Delivery Agreement Criteria and Form
Hudson Cook Insights
Today's Trends in Credit Regulation
Pay Now or Pay Later, But Paying Later May Cost a Whole Lot More
By Eric L. Johnson
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long required that an institution within the scope of its supervision or enforcement authority, including both depository institutions like banks and non-depository consumer financial services companies like auto finance companies, develop and maintain a written, sound, and robust compliance management system, or CMS, that is integrated into the overall framework for a product's design, delivery, and administration across the institution's entire product and service lifecycle. article continued
When Is a Sale Final? Not Always as Early as You'd Like It to Be
By Eric D. Mulligan
One of the first things I learned in my first-year contracts class in law school was the Uniform Commercial Code. Specifically, the class covered Article 2 of the UCC, which governs sales of goods, including motor vehicles. Though the UCC is (oddly enough) not entirely uniform among states, the differences among different states' versions of the UCC are usually small, and most of the basics are the same in every state. article continued
CFPB Bites of the Month - October 2024 - (Don't Fear) The Reaper CFPB
By Justin B. Hosie, Eric L. Johnson and Kristen Yarows
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the October 2024 webinar. article continued
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