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Newsby Gregory ArroyoDecember 12, 2013

Report on CFPB Reveals Transparency Issues

A new report shows financial institutions aren’t the only ones calling for more transparency from the CFPB. Consumers are also asking the bureau to be more more open about its activities.

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Newsby Brittany-Marie SwansonDecember 3, 2013

Consumer Group Seeks to Eliminate Rate Markups in California

A consumer advocacy group has filed a new ballot initiative with the California attorney general’s office. Part of the initiative aims to eliminate dealer markups, something California New Car Dealer Association President Brian Maas says would harm consumers.

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NewsNovember 21, 2013

NAF Association Launches Compliance Certification Program

In response to the CFPB’s activities this year, the trade group has launched a new certification program for auto finance sources. The program was developed by Hudson Cook LLP.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoNovember 19, 2013

Sizing Up the CFPB’s Threat

The F&I Conference’s compliance panel offered up more questions than answers, but participants made clear the industry’s newest regulator has plenty of tools at its disposal.

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ArticlesNovember 18, 2013

Alphabet Soup

The CFPB, FRB and DOJ joined forces to host a fair lending webinar. The latter two shed some light on their approach to determining rate discrimination, but the CFPB’s standards for determining disparate impact remain a mystery.

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ArticlesNovember 18, 2013

A More Transparent F&I

At this year’s Industry Summit, F&I product providers discussed everything from the CFPB to CPO. They also weighed in on the future of the F&I office.

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NewsNovember 14, 2013

Disparate Impact Challenge Ends in Settlement on Eve of CFPB Forum

On the eve of the CFPB’s first public forum on auto lending, a town council in New Jersey unanimously votes to settle a lawsuit centered on the disparate impact theory.

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NewsNovember 7, 2013

Town Delays Vote in Disparate Impact Case

A New Jersey housing bias case the Supreme Court agreed to hear could end in settlement. If an agreement isn’t reached, the high court could strike down the CFPB’s use of the disparate impact theory in its scrutiny of rate participation programs.

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NewsNovember 5, 2013

CFPB Responds to Senators’ Demands

CFPB Director Richard Cordray responded Monday to lawmaker demands for information on the bureau’s investigation of the indirect financing channel. The director delivered his response a day before Ally revealed in a filing with the SEC that it may be facing ECOA violations.

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NewsOctober 31, 2013

Senators Call for ‘Complete Details’ of CFPB Auto Finance Probe

This week, 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans issued a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray, demanding transparency in how the bureau is determining the presence of discriminatory practices in the indirect financing channel.

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