Thomson Reuters
10 minute read | October.30.2017
On October 5, 2017, the CFPB published its final rule (the “Rule”) addressing payday loans, vehicle title loans, and certain other extensions of credit (collectively, “covered loans”). Among the Rule’s key provisions, it requires lenders to determine a borrower’s ability to repay for “covered short-term loans” and “covered longer-term balloon-payment loans,” but not other covered loans.
Thus, unlike the CFPB’s proposed rule, the Rule does not require an ability to repay determination for longer-term loans that are not balloon loans. For certain covered short-term loans, lenders may provide a principal payoff option in lieu of conducting a full ability-to-repay analysis.
Like the CFPB’s proposed rule, the Rule caps at three the number of covered loans that may be made in quick succession. The Rule also limits certain payment collection practices for all covered loans, including non-balloon loans.
Originally published in Thomson Reuters; reprinted with permission.