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In filings submitted last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau) both opposed and moved for summary judgment in PayPal, Inc. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asking the court to put an end to PayPal, Inc.’s lawsuit challenging the prepaid card rule (Rule), which took effect last year. The Rule set out certain fee disclosure requirements, credit-linking restrictions, and other consumer protections for “prepaid accounts.”… Continue Reading

PayPal has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the CFPB seeking to invalidate the Bureau’s prepaid card rule (“Rule”).  The Rule became effective on April 1, 2019.  The relief sought by PayPal in the lawsuit, which was filed in December 2019 in the D.C. federal district court, includes vacating the Rule and enjoining the Bureau from enforcing the Rule.… Continue Reading

PayPal filed a lawsuit against the CFPB last week in the D.C. federal district court seeking to invalidate the Bureau’s prepaid card rule (“Rule”).  The Rule became effective on April 1 of this year.

PayPal’s primary consumer offering is a “digital wallet.”  A digital wallet is primarily used by a consumer to access his or her traditional payment devices (Funding Instruments), such as credit cards, debit cards, and checking accounts in order to allow the consumer to make electronic peer-to-peer transfers of funds or to purchase products from third-party merchants.… Continue Reading

The D.C. federal district court has granted PayPal’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s prepaid card rule (Prepaid Rule) and vacated the Prepaid Rule’s short-form disclosure requirement as applied to digital wallets.

In 2016, the CFPB promulgated the Prepaid Rule, which requires a short- form and long- form account disclosure and requires an issuer to disclose its “most important fees” in the short-form disclosure.… Continue Reading

On February 15, 2024, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Zelle seeking clarification of its reimbursement policy for victims of imposter scams and urging Zelle to publicize its fraud policies to consumers and clarify whether all participating banks must reimburse eligible victims.… Continue Reading

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the CFPB’s prepaid card rule (Prepaid Rule) does not mandate a “model clause.”  The ruling was made in the lawsuit that PayPal, one of the largest digital wallet providers, filed against the CFPB in December 2019 to challenge the Prepaid Rule. … Continue Reading

The Wall Street Journal has reported that the seven large banks that own Zelle are discussing possible approaches to fraudulent transactions on the Zelle network.  According to the WSJ, the Zelle network rules under consideration would establish network-wide guarantees to reimburse scam victims and create liability sharing agreements, which could go live as soon as January 1, 2023. … Continue Reading

In Director Chopra’s recent interviews with several news reporting organizations, a persistent theme was the CFPB’s concerns about the entry of big tech companies into financial services, particularly in connection with payments and the companies’ ability to collect and monetize data about consumers.  Those concerns are the focus of a new CFPB report issued last week titled “The Convergence of Payments and Commerce: Implications for Consumers.”… Continue Reading

Monday, in Seila Law v. CFPB, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the structure of the CFPB, with a single-director who the President could not remove without cause, violates the separation of powers mandated by the U.S. Constitution.  The decision allows the CFPB to continue to operate but effectively provides that the Director will henceforth be removable by the President at will.… Continue Reading