Banking institutions and payday lenders have experienced a lot going for some time: they are able to break regulations, fool their clients in unlawful means, without having to face any customer lawsuits. Armed by some pretty bad 5-4 Supreme Court choices, they are able to hide behind Forced Arbitration clauses (fine printing agreements that say customers can’t visit court even if a bank functions illegally), even if it had been clear that the arbitration clauses caused it to be impossible for the customer to safeguard their legal rights.
Nevertheless the free trip is arriving at an end. After a thorough study, that proved beyond any doubt exactly how unjust these small print clauses have already been for customers, the CFPB is using a very good step to reign within these abusive techniques. The CFPB says banks can no longer use forced arbitration clauses to ban consumers from joining together in class action lawsuits in a new rule. This means banks can no further simply wipe away the very best means consumers frequently have for fighting behavior that is illegal. [Read more...]