On January 3, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a settlement with a federal savings bank for alleged violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and Regulation E, as well as alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA). This is the first CFPB enforcement action under Director Kathy Kraninger. Read our client alert.…

Yesterday, five federal agencies – the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection – issued a two-page, joint statement on the role of supervisory guidance for regulated institutions. Although brief, the joint statement is significant. Read our client alert.…

On August 17, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection published a final rule amending its Regulation P to include an exception to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act annual privacy notice obligation. Nearly three years ago, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) amended the GLBA to provide for such an exception. The CFPB has now caught up in order to ensure that Regulation P is consistent with the GLBA as amended. Although the final rule…

Two key federal government announcements were made on July 31, 2018 related to fintech issues. First, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a press release announcing a report entitled “Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation.” The Report is the fourth and final in a series of reports prepared by Treasury in response to President Trump’s February 2017 Executive Order 13772. In addition, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that it would begin…

On March 29, 2018, the CFPB issued a Request for Information on the CFPB’s guidance and implementation support. The RFI is the tenth in a series that solicits public feedback on the Bureau’s operations and the regulations for which it is responsible. A press release accompanying the RFI states that the Bureau will be “assessing the overall effectiveness and accessibility of its guidance materials and activities” and “considering whether it would be appropriate to make…

On March 26, 2018, the CFPB published a Request for Information on the CFPB’s inherited regulations and inherited rulemaking authorities. The RFI is the ninth in a series that solicits public feedback on the Bureau’s operations, and the regulations for which it is responsible. Comments on the RFI regarding inherited regulations are due by June 24, 2018. Read our client alert.…

On March 21, 2018, a CFPB Request for Information on the CFPB’s adopted regulations and rulemaking authorities was published in the Federal Register. This RFI is the eighth in a series that, collectively, solicits public input on the full scope of the Bureau’s operations. In this latest RFI, the CFPB seeks input on whether it should “amend those rules it has promulgated since [the Bureau’s 2011] creation or issue certain new rules.” Comments are due by…