12 CFR § 1090.100 - Scope and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1090.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1090.100 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1090.100"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU"
part_number: "1090"
part_name: "DEFINING LARGER PARTICIPANTS OF CERTAIN CONSUMER FINANCIAL PRODUCT AND SERVICE MARKETS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 5514(a)(1)(B); 12 U.S.C. 5514(a)(2); 12 U.S.C. 5514(b)(7)(A); and 12 U.S.C. 5512(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 42898, July 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1090"
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# 1090.100 Scope and purpose.

This part defines those nonbank covered persons that qualify as larger participants of certain markets for consumer financial products or services pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 5514(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2). A larger participant of a market covered by this part is subject to the supervisory authority of the Bureau under 12 U.S.C. 5514. This part also establishes rules to facilitate the Bureau's supervision of such larger participants pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 5514(b)(7).