The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation a consent order with Lambda, Inc., which does business as Lambda School, to settle the DFPI’s claims that a provision in Lambda’s student financing contracts was misleading. The consent order also resolves the DFPI’s claim that Lambda’s marketing materials were misleading. The DFPI’s claims were brought under the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law, which took effect on January 1, 2021 and prohibits providers of financial products and services from engaging in unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices. According to the consent order, Lambda offers California students the option of financing the cost of attending its online computer coding school through a contract in which the student agrees to pay Lambda a percentage of the student’s future income up to a specified amount (Contract). (Lambda offers California students the option to defer tuition through