Two announcements today from the CFPB:
CFPB Warns that Digital Marketing Providers Must Comply with Federal Consumer Finance Protections
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule laying out when digital marketing providers for financial firms must comply with federal consumer financial protection law.
CFPB Takes Action Against Hello Digit for Lying to Consumers About Its Automated Savings Algorithm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against Hello Digit, LLC, a financial technology company that used a faulty algorithm that caused overdrafts and overdraft penalties for customers. Hello Digit was meant to save people money, but instead the company falsely guaranteed no overdrafts with its product, broke its promises to make amends on its mistakes, and pocketed a portion of the interest that should have gone to consumers.
