CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Justice Department announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. According to the DOJ , the settlement represents the third-largest redlining settlement in the DOJ’s history.

New Jersey 147

New Jersey Lending Community National 147

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

North Carolina 78

North Carolina Missouri Maryland Mississippi 78

American Banker

APRIL 25, 2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered the New Jersey law firm Pressler and Pressler and a debt buyer to pay $2.5 million for allegedly filing "mass-produced" lawsuits against consumers based on nonexistent debts.

New Jersey 28

New Jersey Regional National Compliance 28

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

57, disapproving of the CFPB’s Bulletin 2013-2 regarding “Indirect Auto Lending and Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.” They assert that action by the CFPB in derogation of those regulations would violate the Administrative Procedure Act. to discriminate against any person.

Rhode Island 60

Rhode Island District of Columbia North Carolina Vermont 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Goes to New England Federal Credit Union and Vermont State Credit Union.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

As reported , a group of more than 20 senators had said in a letter to the CFPB — where the group was led by Democrats Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Sherrod Brown of Ohio — that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act would incur costs to consumers who do not have unlimited data plans. Freedom Mortgage Corporation was fined $1.75

cryptocurrency 100

cryptocurrency New Jersey Ohio United States 100

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Complaint further avers that the OCC’s reliance on its robust oversight authority over national banks to prevent abusive practices in bank programs involving non-banks is unsupportable, and expresses doubt that the OCC uses its supervisory powers to prevent predatory lending.

District of Columbia 78

District of Columbia North Carolina New York Policies 78