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Waters Tells CFPB Head To Do Better

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House Committee on Financial Services, Maxine Waters , told the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Kathy Kraninger , that the organization needs to do better. She said the CFPB was created by Congress to protect consumers and act as a watchdog from harmful practices that led the country into the 2008 financial crisis.

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending

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The CFPB has its eye on the biggest marketplace lenders in the U.S., The new idea being floated involves classifying marketplace lenders, who operate online and also offer smaller loans with set payments, as installment lenders that are under the CFPB’s jurisdiction and regulations.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: BNPL Fraud and Regulatory Update

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would investigate the BNPL industry. On September 15 the CFPB issued a report suggesting that BNPL companies must be subjected to stricter oversight, a step toward regulation. The CFPB found that 10.5% So is regulation. Regulation Is Coming for US BNPL firms.

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Four 2023 U.S. Policy Predictions for Financial Services Companies

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The CFPB's New Open Banking Proposal Will Accelerate Exciting Product Innovations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has indicated it will publish rules , not guidelines, aimed at strengthening consumers’ control over and providing portability of their financial account data, sometime in 2023.

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Managing Third-Party Risk in Financial Services with Jenna Wells of Supply Wisdom

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However, we expect to see increased scrutiny from agencies like the SEC, OCC, and CFPB on third-party risk, particularly in areas like cyber resilience and AI disclosures.

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Financial Policy Predictions 2021: Meaningful Changes Ahead

FICO

In late October, the CFPB released Part 1 of its long-awaited update to the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act governing third-party collectors. On December 18, the Bureau issued a Part 2 final rule detailing disclosures for the collection of time-barred debt, changes to the validation notice, and furnisher credit reporting requirements.

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