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            <NAME>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Credit Card Penalty Fees </RULE_TITLE>
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<p><span class="TextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">Section 149 of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 is implemented in part in Regulation Z, section 1026.52(b)(1).  Currently, under Regulation Z, section 1026.52(b)(1), a card issuer must not impose a fee for violating the terms or other requirements of a credit card account, including a late payment, unless the issuer has determined that the dollar amount of the fee represents a reasonable proportion of the total costs incurred by the issuer for that type of violation consistent with section 1026.52(b)(1)(i) or complies with the safe harbor amounts consistent with section 1026.52(b)(1)(ii).</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml"> On June 22, 2022, the Bureau issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking information from credit card issuers, consumer groups, and the public regarding credit card late fees and late payments, and card issuers&rsquo; revenue and expenses.  </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">On February 1, 2023, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">he Bureau </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">proposed to (1) </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="GPOHtml">adjust the safe harbor dollar amount for late fees to $8 and eliminate a higher safe harbor dollar amount for late fees for subsequent violations of the same type; (2) provide that the current provision that provides for annual inflation adjustments for the safe harbor dollar amounts would not apply to the late fee safe harbor amount; and (3) provide that late fee amounts must not exceed 25 percent of the required payment.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW83591033 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>12 CFR 1026</CFR>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>ANPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/29/2022</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>87 FR 38679</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_DATE>08/01/2022</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_DATE>03/29/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 18906</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/03/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <LAST_NAME>Ayoub</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Office of Regulations</TITLE>
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                    <NAME>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CFPB</ACRONYM>
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                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
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