CFPB Says Certain Earned Wage Access Products Are Not Credit
CFPB Says Certain Earned Wage Access Products Are Not Credit On December 23, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion concluding that certain earned wage access (EWA) products fall outside the definition of credit under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z. In...
21 States Challenge CFPB Defunding Strategy in Federal Court
21 States Challenge CFPB Defunding Strategy in Federal Court A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit on Monday seeking to block what they describe as the Trump Administration’s unlawful defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
OCC Flags Debanking Practices at Nine Large Banks
OCC Flags Debanking Practices at Nine Large Banks Last week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released preliminary findings from a supervisory review of “debanking” practices at nine of the largest national banks it oversees, concluding that the...
Senior CFPB Official Resigns, Citing No Path Forward for Enforcement Program
Senior CFPB Official Resigns, Citing No Path Forward for Enforcement Program The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s principal deputy enforcement director, Michael Salemi, announced his resignation last week, becoming the third enforcement leader to depart the...
