CFPB complaint against Intercept dismissed

The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota on March 17 granted the defendants' motion to dismiss without prejudice the complaint filed by the CFPB against Intercept Corporation et al. on June 6, 2016. The court found that the CFPB complaint did not contain sufficient factual allegations to back up its statements regarding Intercept's allegedly unlawful acts or missions; failed to sufficiently allege facts tending to show that industry standards were violated; failed to plead facts sufficient to support a legal conclusion that consumers were injured or likely to be injured; and failed to include allegations to support a finding that Intercept interfered with consumers' ability to understand the terms of their dealing with Intercept's clients or to support a finding that Intercept took unlawful advantage of consumers.