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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau creates Larger Participant Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -
What the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officially will consider to be a “larger participant” in the auto finance market took another significant step forward today.

The CFPB published a rule that will allow the agency to supervise larger nonbank auto finance companies for the first time. The CFPB also released the examination procedures that regulators will use to ensure that auto finance companies are following the law.

“Auto loans and leases are among the most significant and complex financial transactions in a typical consumer’s life,” CFPB director Richard Cordray said. “Today’s rule will help ensure that larger auto finance companies treat consumers fairly.”

The CFPB estimated auto loans are the third largest category of household debt, behind mortgages and student loans. The bureau added American consumers had about $900 billion in auto loans outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Currently, the bureau supervises auto financing at the largest banks and credit unions. Today’s rule extends that supervision to any nonbank auto finance company that makes, acquires or refinances 10,000 or more loans or leases in a year.

Read more @ http://autoremarketing.com

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