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UDAAP

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.

See also

• Consent orderA consent order is a negotiated administrative order in which a respondent agrees, without necessarily admitting the findings, to conduct requirements, compliance obligations, and monetary relief enforceable by the issuing agency.
• ExaminationAn examination is a supervisory review conducted by a prudential regulator or the CFPB to assess compliance with federal consumer financial law, obtain information about an entity's activities and compliance systems, and detect risks to consumers and markets.
• TPRMTPRM, or third-party risk management, is the bank discipline of identifying and managing the risks arising from business arrangements with outside parties — including the law firms and agencies to which it places collections work — across the full life cycle of the relationship.

Where this appears

• What Is Regulation F (12 CFR Part 1006), and What Did It Add to the FDCPA?

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