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In October 2017, after five years of research and published comment, the CFPB published its definitive rules on payday financing in October 2017, just before the resignation of former Director Cordray.4 In parallel to the increased reporting and filing obligations, the payday form also prescribes how often a creditor can provide, recover and grant high-yield debt and demands that creditors establish a borrower's capacity to pay back a loan (in full and at interest) within 30 working days of the date of its resignation ("Full Payout Test").

The day the payday rule came into effect, CFPB Deputy Director Mick Mulvaney said he would re-open the regulatory review and rethink the payday rule while providing companies with exemptions from early registrations.5 Currently, the material terms of the payday rule, which include implementation of the payment day programme and documentary obligations, enter into effect on August 19, 2019.

In view of Mulvaney's well-known objection to the payday principle,6 the principle is likely to evolve and become less burdensome for the payday credit-economy. However, the degree to which the payday requirement can be eased still seems ambiguous given the timeconsuming announcement and the long response process needed under the Administrative Procedure Act.7 In Furthermore, the Office would need to provide adequate justification to assist the verification of a definitive requirement resulting from substantial research and open discussion in order to prevent court verification in an indiscriminate, erratic or abusive margin of discretion8 in disputes that is likely to follow.9

Taking into account these additional bureaucratic obstacles, the Bureau may decide to submit a new legislative communication and re-open the deadline for the opinion in order to further slow down transposition, or may simply try to ease certain obligations rather than undertake a substantive review. Payday rules' statute has also been called into doubt by cross-party House and Senate common resolution aimed at their annulment under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).10 A review under the CRA would offer a quicker way to lift the payday rules, as shown by the CFPB's now abandoned Court of Arbitration Rule.

It is expected that the Presidium's withdrawal from the area of payday loans will continue, especially given the new dependence on "quantitative analysis" 22 to prioritise implementation and the recent declarations by Executive Director Mulvaney that payday loans accounted for only 2 per cent of total customer complaint in 2016.23 As in other areas, states may try to close any gaps noted by the CFPB.