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November

16
2023
Industry News

CFPB Releases FCRA Disclosure Fees for 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reviewed the disclosure fees a credit reporting agency (CRA) can charge in the new year, increasing the amount from 2023 by $1 to $15.50.

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November

16
2023
Industry News

FTC Approves New Data Breach Notification Requirement for Nonbanking Financial Institutions

With an amendment to its Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has joined other federal agencies regulating cybersecurity breaches. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team analyzes how the amendment will affect nonbanking financial institutions and how it dovetails – and conflicts – with myriad other federal and state data breach notification regulations.

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November

16
2023
Industry News

The CFPB Language Access Plan for consumers with limited English proficiency

The CFPB views our responsibility to consumers with limited English proficiency as a whole-agency effort to address their unique needs in the financial marketplace. The varying missions of each CFPB office require customized approaches that support the mandate to educate and empower all consumers, provide information and assistance to traditionally underserved consumers and communities, enforce fair lending laws, and promote an equitable marketplace for all consumers.

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November

16
2023
Trends

CFPB financial report fiscal year 2023

The financial report provides readers with the summary results of the CFPB’s operational activity, and it is the principal statement of our accountability to the American people, the United States Congress, and the President of the United States. Our commitment to transparency and accountability is evident in the Bureau earning its thirteenth consecutive unmodified (clean) audit opinion on our comparative financial statements for fiscal years 2023 and 2022.

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November

16
2023
Industry News

FTC Obtains Orders Halting Mobile Cramming Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission has obtained orders with the four remaining individual defendants and their affiliated companies in a mobile cramming scheme that the agency says bilked consumers out of more than $100 million through bogus charges added to their mobile phone bills.

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