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The two agencies announced before Thanksgiving that the dollar thresholds in the TILA’s Reg Z. and the CLA’s Reg. M for exempt consumer credit transaction will remain at $54,600 for 2017.

Tags: compliance, Consumer Leasing Act, leasing, new-vehicle financing, Regulation M, Regulation Z, Truth in Lending Act

The Federal Trade Commission today charged nine Los Angeles-area dealerships and their owners with a wide range of deceptive, and unfair sales and financing practices, including payment packing and using "yo-yo" finanicng tactics.

Tags: compliance, Dealership, Deceptive Advertising, FTC, Regulation M, Regulation Z, TILA

Three Dallas-area dealerships have agreed to pay $85,000 to settle charges that they violated a 2014 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) administrative order that barred them from deceptively advertising the cost of buying or leasing a car.

Tags: CLA, Deceptive Advertising, FTC, Regulation M, Regulation Z, Settlement, TILA

The FRB and CFPB announced on Nov. 25 that 2016 dollar thresholds for Reg. Z and M exemptions will remain unchanged from 2015. The AFIP says the accepted practice for processing transactions above the threshold will also remain unchanged.

Tags: AFIP, Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals, CFPB, Consumer Leasing Act, Federal Reserve, Regulation M, Regulation Z, Truth in Lending Act

The FTC announced this week that it has reached an agreement with two Ohio dealers to settle charges that their lease advertisements violated the FTC Act and the Consumer Leasing Act’s Regulation M.

Tags: Consumer Leasing Act, Deceptive Advertising, FTC, FTC Act, Regulation M

The FTC unanimously approved a final order settling its deceptive advertising complaint against Dallas-based Trophy Nissan, which was charged on Dec. 23 with violating the FTC Act, the Consumer Leasing Act and the Truth in Lending Act.

Tags: Consumer Leasing Act, Deceptive Advertising, Federal Trade Commission, Regulation M, Regulation Z, Trophy Nissan, Truth in Lending Act