# UDAAP — definition

> UDAAP is the CFPB's authority to prohibit unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, and it reaches collections conduct that violates no specific FDCPA or Regulation F provision.

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**UDAAP** — UDAAP is the CFPB's authority to prohibit unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices, and it reaches collections conduct that violates no specific FDCPA or Regulation F provision.

An act is unfair under 12 U.S.C. § 5531(c)(1) when it "causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers" and that injury "is not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition." Abusiveness under § 5531(d) turns on materially interfering with a consumer's ability to understand a term or condition, or taking unreasonable advantage of a lack of understanding, an inability to protect one's interests, or reasonable reliance on the covered person. For a creditor-side firm the practical significance is jurisdictional: UDAAP travels with the bank client, so conduct the firm considers FDCPA-clean can still become the bank's supervisory finding.

## Primary sources

1. [12 U.S.C. §§ 5531, 5536](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/5531)

## See also

- [Consent order](https://ottoforfirms.com/glossary/consent-order/)
- [Examination](https://ottoforfirms.com/glossary/examination/)
- [TPRM](https://ottoforfirms.com/glossary/tprm/)

## Where this appears

- [What Is Regulation F (12 CFR Part 1006), and What Did It Add to the FDCPA?](https://ottoforfirms.com/compliance/regulation-f/)

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