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NewsJune 27, 2013

CFPB Orders U.S. Bank, DFS to Pay $6.5M in Restitution

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered U.S. Bank and its nonbank partner company, Dealers’ Financial Services, to pay restitution to participants in the Military Installment Loans and Educational Services (MILES) auto loans program.

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NewsJune 25, 2013

House Republicans Call CFPB Agenda a ‘Loss to Consumers’

Thirty-five congressional republicans warn the bureau that reforms it seeks in the auto finance industry could weaken marketplace competition and hurt a consumer’s ability to obtain the best financing terms.

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NewsJune 4, 2013

Trade Groups Ask HUD, CFPB to Clarify Use of Disparate Impact Theory

Eight trade associations request that the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau clarify and create guidance related to their use of the disparate impact theory to determine discrimination.

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NewsMay 30, 2013

NADA Chairman: ‘CFPB Guidance Lacks Transparency and Research’

The 2013 chairman calls out the CFPB for not demonstrating that problems exist with dealer participation programs, and questions the bureau’s use of the disparate impact theory.

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NewsMay 30, 2013

House Democrats Question CFPB Probe of Auto Finance

Thirteen Democrats in Congress sent a letter to the CFPB's Richard Cordray, asking for “any and all background information” on the bureau's investigations of auto finance.

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ArticlesMay 15, 2013

4 Realities of F&I

The man behind the industry’s only sanctioning body for the F&I trade returns to offer his take on today’s regulatory environment.

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ArticlesMay 15, 2013

The Guidance That Isn’t

The magazine’s legal eagle doesn’t mince words when he describes the ‘logical disconnect’ between the CFPB’s view of fair lending and how dealer participation really works.

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ArticlesMay 15, 2013

Fair Warning

Now, more than ever, dealers are left with unanswered questions about finance reserve, discriminatory lending and other regulatory concerns. Two attorneys share their opinions on those topics with F&I and Showroom.

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NewsMay 9, 2013

DOJ Taking Closer Look at Auto Finance

The CFPB isn’t the only regulator interested in what goes on inside the F&I office. The U.S. Department of Justice also is taking aim at retail installment transactions.

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NewsMarch 28, 2013

CFPB Opens Consumer Complaint Database to the Public

The CFPB launches the nation’s largest database of federal consumer financial complaints. Bureau officials said the database will be used to prioritize its investigations, among other things.

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