Electronic Bidding, MORA, Processing, Marketing Tools; CFPB and Servicing Fees, Mortgage Fraud Case Learn more! The CFPB addressed “junk fees” in the production of loans. The industry immediately groused about the term “junk,” and for good reason. But now we have the CFPB publishing an edition of ... 04/25/2024 - 4:40 am | View Link
Why Biden’s war on ‘junk fees’ is on the line at the high court “It seems like there’s a good chance that the CFPB wins this case,” Dempsey said ... First-quarter GDP estimate out at 8:30 a.m. OCC puts top HR official on administrative leave — A scoop from our ... 04/25/2024 - 1:01 am | View Link
CFPB finalizes rule to change its supervision designation procedures for nonbanks According to the Bureau, there were small differences between two separate provisions under the 2013 rule that allowed nonbanks to consent to the CFPB’s exercise of supervisory ... agreements can be ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
CFPB asks court to reconsider keeping credit card fee rule case in Texas The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its ruling that a Texas judge wrongly transferred to Washington, D.C., a banking industry-backed lawsuit ... 04/19/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
D.D.C. marks credit card late fee case “terminated” on its docket; trade groups and CFPB file letter briefs with Fifth Circuit on recusal Last Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia terminated on its docket the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) which had been transferred to D.D.C ... 04/16/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
(NEW YORK) — Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable.
Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of his social media business — Truth Social — will keep dropping despite massive buying by Trump loyalists and wild swings that often mirror the candidate’s latest polls, court trials and outbursts on Truth Social itself.
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Several of these investors interviewed by The Associated Press say their bearish gambles using “put” options and other trading tools are driven less by their personal feelings about the former president (most don’t like him) than their faith in the woeful underlying financials of a company that made less money last year than the average Wendy’s hamburger franchise.
“This company makes no money.
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A federal appeals court today reversed a ruling that prevented New York from enforcing a law requiring Internet service providers to sell $15 broadband plans to low-income consumers. The ruling is a loss for six trade groups that represent ISPs, although it isn't clear right now whether the law will be enforced.
New York's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) was blocked in June 2021 by a US District Court judge who ruled that the state law is rate regulation and preempted by federal law.
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Google says it has patched a nasty loophole in the Android TV account security system, which would grant attackers with physical access to your device access to your entire Google account just by sideloading some apps. As 404 Media reports, the issue was originally brought to Google's attention by US Sen.
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Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said.
The vulnerability resides in WordPress Automatic, a plugin with more than 38,000 paying customers. Websites running the WordPress content management system use it to incorporate content from other sites.
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On Thursday, the US Department of Energy released its preliminary estimate for the nation's carbon emissions in the previous year. Any drop in emissions puts us on a path that would avoid some of the catastrophic warming scenarios that were still on the table at the turn of the century.
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Spy Pet, a service that sold access to a rich database of allegedly more than 3 billion Discord messages and details on more than 600 million users, has seemingly been shut down.
404 Media, which broke the story of Spy Pet's offerings, reports that Spy Pet seems mostly shut down.