Defining Larger Participants in Certain Consumer Financial Product and Service Markets
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is proposing a new regulation pursuant to section 1024 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. That provision grants the Bureau authority to supervise certain nonbank covered persons for compliance with Federal consumer financial laws and for other purposes. The Bureau has the authority to supervise nonbank covered persons of all sizes in the residential mortgage, private education lending, and payday lending markets. In addition, the Bureau has the authority to supervise nonbank “larger participant[s]” in markets for other consumer financial products or services. The Bureau must define such “larger participants” by rule, and such an initial rule must be issued by July 21, 2012.
Federal Register Notice
Defining Larger Participants in Certain Consumer Financial Product and Service Markets