The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rules and enforcement actions to date could be open to legal challenges by banks and other companies after a three-judge panel deemed the agency's payday lending rule unconstitutional because of the way the agency is funded, legal experts say.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling, declaring the agency's funding structure and its 2017 payday lending rule invalid.

A federal judge found that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overstated the costs and understated the negative impact of exempting 1,700 financial institutions from reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.

The Alabama bank must pay $191 million in connection with charges it levied on customers whose account balances went negative before a transaction was posted. Seven years ago, the CFPB imposed a $7.5 million overdraft-related fine on Regions.

The trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, allege the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exceeded its authority by claiming discrimination in any financial product violates the federal prohibition on "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices."

The comptroller, Brad Lander, asked U.S. Bank to outline the number of fake accounts the bank opened for New Yorkers.

The Consumer Bankers Association and the Center for Responsible Lending said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should renew its efforts to level the regulatory playing field between larger bank and nonbank companies that make installment and other kinds of personal loans.

Customers told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that bank customer service practices need a lot of work, but banks say more regulation would only make matters worse.

The remittance provider claims the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau worked to ensure it could file the case in a venue that would be more receptive to its claims.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that digital marketers involved in the development of content strategy can be liable for "unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices."

Digit engaged in deceptive acts or practices by routinely causing checking accounts to overdraft, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

The Biden administration is poised to put its stamp on the banking regulatory landscape, but there are few slam-dunk solutions that will satisfy both the industry and a vocal Democratic base.

The allegations by Rep. Patrick McHenry and others were a response to a CFPB interpretive rule, even though states use their own laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive acts and practices.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claimed that Hyundai Capital America hurt borrowers by incorrectly reporting they were late on payments.

In an internal memo to staff, Deputy CFPB Director Zixta Q. Martinez announced a realignment of the bureau’s legal and student loan offices with an expanded strategy team.  

The Texas company concealed no-cost repayment plans from borrowers and collected “hundreds of millions of dollars” in reborrowing fees, the agency said.

The agency’s mission is popular with the public, which has a long memory when it comes to the past misdeeds of the banking industry.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which protects customers in the event of certain types of bank failures, is looking into how the bankrupt digital-asset firm Voyager Digital marketed itself to customers, a spokesperson for the agency said.

The agency issued an advisory opinion warning that credit reporting bureaus and other entities using credit checks can no longer use disclaimers to bypass privacy protections.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended special regulatory treatment of the financial services company’s earned wage access products. Payactiv says it requested the action after a disagreement with the agency.