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At a hearing Tuesday, consumer advocates called for a ban on deferred interest credit cards, and CFPB Director Rohit Chopra echoed their concerns. The agency signaled that actions to combat unfair fees in the medical realm could be coming soon.

The announcement resolves the final outstanding order between Capital One and prudential regulators over its 2019 cyber incident.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Bank of America to repay $100 million to customers who were charged multiple penalty fees when their accounts did not have enough money to cover payments, as well as those who did not receive the credit card rewards they were promised. The bank was also fined for opening a small number of accounts without customers' authorization.

Sonata Bank is piloting a mobile bank account with fringe benefits for employees of franchise restaurants.

Leigh Brady recently took over as chief executive of SECU, the second-largest credit union in the U.S. Don't look for any mergers under her leadership, Brady said, but she will focus on branch expansion and improving SECU's use of technology.

Resetting allows CLOs to essentially cut the costs at which they borrow, leaving more money for holders of the riskiest and highest-returning part of the structure, the equity portion, after other note holders have been paid.

Guy Harris and Eric Hoffman joined the company's leadership team to help it manage an industrywide spike in suspect payments.

Mass arbitration is a fact of life in modern consumer finance litigation. Those hoping it will go away through court decisions or legislative change are primed to be sorely disappointed.

High interest rates could dampen demand for refinancing, which took a hit during the pandemic-era pause in federal student loan payments. "Curb your enthusiasm," one analyst said.

Adjusted for inflation, consumer spending has largely stalled after surging at the start of the year. Delinquency rates, meanwhile, are ticking up.