On Nov. 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a high-level overview of the topics covered in its proposed Personal Financial Data Rights rule: Fast Facts: Personal Financial
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CFPB Issues Proposed ‘Personal Financial Data Rights’ Rule
On Oct. 19, 2023, the CFPB released a proposed rule that, if finalized in its present form, would require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with…
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On Oct. 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) (Docket No. 22-448), a case that raises the question of whether the CFPB’s funding structure, by which it receives funding directly from the Federal Reserve rather than via a congressional appropriation, violates the U.S. Constitution’s Appropriations Clause and, if so, what the appropriate remedy should be.
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CFPB Updates Small Business Lending Rule FAQs
On Sept. 14, 2023, the CFPB issued updates to its FAQs to assist small business lenders and finance companies with complying with the final Small Business Lending Rule (the Rule)…
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released its Spring 2023 rulemaking agenda. The agenda includes a new rulemaking that did not appear on the Fall 2022 agenda—a rule…
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After years of rulemaking efforts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may issue a final rule later this month that would require lenders to collect and report data on small…
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) announced it would begin issuing Consumer Financial Protection Circulars (Circulars) to a “broad set of government agencies responsible for enforcing federal…
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CFPB Advisory Opinion Clarifies that ECOA Applies Throughout Credit Lifecycle
On May 9, 2022, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) issued an advisory opinion to clarify that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B (Reg…
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Financial Services Insights | Spring 2021
Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of Greenberg Traurig’s Financial Services Insights Newsletter. This newsletter reviews certain significant cases and legal developments affecting the financial services industry.
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SCOTUS Rules Dodd-Frank Does Not Protect Internal Whistleblowing
On Feb. 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) protects only employees who complain to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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