The CFPB has issued a new request for information (RFI) to inform its biennial review of the credit card market mandated by the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act).  Comments on the RFI must be received by April 24, 2023.

The CFPB’s first CARD Act report was published in October 2013, its second report was published in December 2015, its third report was published in December 2017, its fourth report was published in August 2019, and its fifth report was published in September 2021.… Continue Reading

On December 23, the CFPB published a final rule in the Federal Register regarding various annual adjustments it is required to make under provisions of Regulation Z (TILA) that implement the CARD Act, HOEPA, and the ability to repay/qualified mortgage provisions of Dodd-Frank.  The adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in effect on June 1, 2022 and will take effect January 1, 2023.… Continue Reading

The CFPB has taken the first formal step towards a new rulemaking on credit card late fees by issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR).  Comments on the ANPR must be received by July 22, 2022.

The issuance of the ANPR follows the CFPB’s release of a report on late fees in March 2022. … Continue Reading

The CFPB has sent letters to the chief executive officers of six major credit card issuers regarding their companies’ payment furnishing practices.

In the letters, the CFPB cites a 2020 report in which it provided data showing a decline in the share of credit card tradelines containing actual payment data since 2012. … Continue Reading

Increasing regulatory, competitive and economic challenges are causing a new focus on credit cards by medium and smaller-sized financial institutions.  We are joined by Robert Curry, Managing Partner and Chief Business Officer of Bassett Capital Group, LLC, an expert on credit card portfolio management, acquisition and divestiture, for a discussion of the types of business structures available to institutions seeking to offer credit cards for the first time and the associated contractual, compliance and implementation issues. … Continue Reading

The CFPB has released its eighth annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements.  The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act.  (The first two reports were issued by the Federal Reserve Board.)

The CARD Act requires mandatory reporting to the CFPB by card issuers on agreements with institutions of higher learning or certain affiliated organizations (such as alumni associations). … Continue Reading

The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership.  The Bureau’s most recent prior Supervisory Highlights report was its Summer 2017 edition, which was issued in September 2017.

On October 10, 2018, from 12 p.m.… Continue Reading

The Military Lending Act (MLA) will apply to credit card accounts starting Tuesday, October 3. The final rule took effect last October but provided a one-year exemption for “credit extended in a credit card account under an open-end (not home-secured) consumer credit plan.” Although the final rule permits the Secretary of Defense to extend the exemption for up to one year (October 3, 2018), the DoD declined to do so and is allowing the exemption to expire next week.… Continue Reading

The CFPB announced that it sent letters to “top retail credit card companies” encouraging them to use zero-interest promotions instead of deferred-interest promotions.  The CFPB also provided a sample letter and published a new blog on its website for consumers to explain how deferred-interest and zero interest promotions operate and the key differences between them.… Continue Reading

The CFPB has issued another request for information about the credit card market that identifies significant new issues of CFPB interest.  The request is intended to inform the CFPB’s biennial review of the credit card market mandated by the CARD Act.  Based on its previous biennial reviews, the CFPB issued its first and second reports to Congress in, respectively, October 2013 and December 2015.… Continue Reading