#comparison shopping

Arezou Rafikian2024-06-05T11:21:39-04:00June 5th, 2024|The Vault|

As anticipated, the CFPB has advanced its campaign to quell mortgage closing costs. But, unlike our forecast, the usually-aggressive agency is sliding into this debate with only a request for information (RFI) asking lots of questions we though the CFPB had already answered to its own satisfaction given a prior study and much ancillary “junk fee” commentary from Director Chopra and even the White House NEC Director.

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FedFin on: Consumer-Financial Product Marketing Practices

Arezou Rafikian2024-03-05T16:34:22-05:00March 5th, 2024|The Vault|

The CFPB has issued a circular essentially banning digital and perhaps all other consumer-finance comparison-shopping and lead-generation tools for credit cards and other products not covered by prior orders. These activities could continue, but only as long as the comparison or lead is completely objective as the Bureau may come to judge it under complex and sometimes conflicting standards. The circular follows similar CFPB actions outside the Administrative Procedure Act even though the agency clearly intends to enforce its new approach both directly and in concert with other state and federal agencies….

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FedFin on: Closing In on Closing Costs

FedFin on: Consumer-Financial Product Marketing Practices