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A first step on the road to clarity: CFPB Abusive Acts or Practices Statement of Policy

On January 24, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published “Statement of policy regarding prohibition on abusive acts or practices” (Statement).1  The CFPB’s intention in publishing the Statement was “To convey and foster greater certainty about the meaning of abusiveness”. The Statement provides little to immediately clarify the definition of abusiveness. It does create a…

 

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