NADA Chairman Calls on Dealers to Rally Behind CFPB-Reform Bill

CFPB Issues Proposal to End Forced Arbitration

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As expected, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau used its 34th field hearing to issue its proposed rule prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in finance contracts. Companies will still be able to include such clauses in their contracts under the bureau’s proposal; they just won’t be able to use such agreements to stop consumers ... Read More »

NADA’s Koblenz to Shed Light on CFPB at Agent Summit

House Committee, CFPB Director to Face Off Next Week

WASHINGTON – Richard Cordray and Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee are set to square off next Wednesday, March 16. It will be the first time the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will appear before the committee since Republican members issued two staff reports criticizing the bureau’s activities in the ... Read More »

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AFIP Issues Guidance on Reg. Z and M Dollar Thresholds for 2016

COLLEYVILLE — The Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals issued guidance this week on the Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Nov. 25 announcement that 2016 dollar thresholds for Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act) exemptions will remain unchanged in 2016. Protections under the TILA and CLA ... Read More »

House Passes Legislation that Would Nullify CFPB Bulletin Regulating Car Dealers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved a piece of legislation that would nullify a 2013 bulletin issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but would likely need the Senate to do the same by a veto-proof margin. The Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act targets a bulletin that gave guidance on ... Read More »

Texas Compliance Summit Sets New Standard