The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against a lease-to-own-finance company and several related companies (collectively, the "Company"), alleging that the Company violated various federal consumer financial protection laws in connection with the offering and provision of lease-to-own financing products.
Quick analysis: Another “Down” Month Alright, this is kind of funny. The numbers have been swinging pretty wildly this year so far, because I just looked over the headlines of each month’s blog post and this is what they say:
A third-party injunction in a chapter 11 bankruptcy is generally used to protect a non-bankrupt entity from liability that is shared with, or derivative of, a bankrupt entity.
On July 20, the CFPB released an Issue Spotlight covering findings from an inquiry into worker experiences with employer-driven debt. In June 2022, the Bureau launched a formal inquiry on practices and financial products that may cause an employee to owe a debt to their employer.
Yesterday, the US Federal Reserve officially launched FedNow, a new system rolled out to 35 early-adopting banks and credit unions for processing instant payments between financial institutions. The Fed's goal is to eventually connect more than 9,000 banks and credit unions nationwide, tossing out the old payments system and supporting faster payment processing between all US institutions.
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