Google has filed a authorized problem in opposition to the US Shopper Monetary Safety Bureau (CFPB), the company liable for overseeing shopper finance, after it positioned Google Fee Corp., the corporate’s fee arm, beneath federal supervision.
The tech large argues that the transfer, which the CFPB says is geared toward addressing potential shopper dangers, constitutes regulatory overreach.
The CFPB’s resolution
The CFPB, which enforces federal shopper monetary safety legal guidelines, introduced its resolution to oversee Google Fee Corp final Friday. The transfer follows the company’s use of a dormant authorized authority revived in 2022 to supervise nonbank entities deemed to pose dangers to customers.
The CFPB stated its resolution was based mostly on shopper complaints and different indicators of potential dangers related to Google Fee Corp’s operations. Whereas the CFPB clarified that its order doesn’t suggest any wrongdoing, it permits the company to conduct confidential examinations of the corporate’s compliance practices.
Google’s pushback
In response, Google’s spokesman Jose Castaneda, said: “It is a clear case of presidency overreach involving Google Pay peer-to-peer funds, which by no means raised dangers and is not supplied within the US, and we’re difficult it in court docket.”
The tech large has now taken the dispute to court docket, difficult the company’s authority to impose supervision.
This improvement marks the second time the CFPB has issued a contested supervisory designation. The company started utilizing its dormant oversight powers after a 2022 evaluation discovered gaps in its supervisory programme. Firms notified of supervision can both settle for the designation or contest it, as Google has carried out.
