Federal regulation is needed for data privacy, earned wage access products and artificial intelligence, industry experts say. But states may end up carrying the ball on some of these issues plus others.

The stay for now only applies to some lenders. But a pending court ruling in a Kentucky lawsuit against the bureau’s Section 1071 rule could stay compliance with the rule for all covered entities.

Republicans may dislike the CFPB but, with narrow control of Congress, they’ll have to agree on how to rein it in.

The next round of improvements is expected to go live during the third quarter and will include a new FBI identity verification requirement for some users.

Plaintiffs argued that fees charged to expedite payment were in violation of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act provision that prohibits the collection of any amount unless it was expressly authorized when the debt was created.

A California law requiring interest to be paid on escrow account balances doesn’t “significantly interfere” with the powers of national banks, state regulators argue.

CFPB continues to update APOR; Illinois could create state-level CFPB.

The bulk of the complaints submitted to the CFPB last year involved inaccurate information on credit reports. Transunion, Equifax and Experian, as usual, were the most-complained about companies. (Includes two data tables.)

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra made a reputation as an aggressive and active regulator, going after bank overdraft charges, credit card late fees and big nonbanks’ wallet apps.

Former CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger said with GOP control of the House and the Senate, it’s possible that the Trump White House will revamp the structure of the CFPB.