On January 5, 2021, the CFPB’s (the “Bureau”) Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law (the “Taskforce”) released a report (the “Report”) recommending how consumer protection in the financial marketplace may be improved. Chartered by the Bureau in January of 2020, the Taskforce was charged with “examin[ing] the existing legal and regulatory environment facing consumers and financial services providers,” and “report[ing] its recommendations for ways to improve and strengthen consumer financial laws and regulations.”
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Final Rule Creating an Exception to Regulation P’s Annual Privacy Notice Requirement
On August 10, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau”) issued a final rule implementing a December 2015 amendment to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), titled “Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion,” which created an exception to Regulation P’s annual notice requirement for financial institutions that meet certain conditions.
The GLBA and Regulation P generally require…
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Amends Timing Provisions of Federal “Know Before You Owe” Rule
On April 26, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau”) finalized an amendment to the “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure rule (also known as the TILA-RESPA Rule), which it proposed in July 2017 and which we previously described in this blog. The amendment eliminates uncertainty regarding a timing restriction in the…