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Changes to the CFPB’s Approach to the Payday Lending Industry

The Trump Administration-appointed Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), Mick Mulvaney, recently stated in a memo to his staff that under his leadership, the CFPB would significantly change in its approach to regulation and enforcement.  The most concrete example of this thus far is his approach to the payday lending…

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Payday Lenders Claim Regulators Are Choking Their Livelihoods in Motion for Preliminary Injunction

On November 23, 2016, Advance America, Inc., a payday lender, and Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd., a trade organization which represents the interests of payday lenders (Plaintiffs), filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Motion) against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency, and the…

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CFPB Unveils New Loss Mitigation Principles for Lenders

With the end of the Department of Treasury’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) coming in January 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has released a set of four principles for financial institutions to use when considering how to help a borrower avoid foreclosure. These principals are intended “to complement ongoing…

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Massachusetts Attorney General Has Now Recovered More Than $12 Million In Connection With Its Subprime Auto Lending Investigation

This time last year, LLW reported on the Department of Justice going after subprime auto lenders, and more recently we have reported on the CFPB’s targeting of subprime auto lenders.  But Massachusetts has also gotten in on the regulatory action.  On March 16, 2016, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (MAG) announced that American Credit…

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