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Biden Administration Continues Campaign to Crack Down on Junk Fees

Recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with support from the Biden administration, signal that protecting consumers from so-called “junk fees” remains a key...more

CFPB Finalizes Small Business Lending Data Rule

A far-reaching new federal regulation will for the first time require small business lenders to collect detailed data about applications and originations, and report that data to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

CFPB Proposed Rule Puts Non-Bank Consumer Contract Clauses Under Heightened Scrutiny

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the primary federal regulator charged with enforcing consumer financial protection laws, recently announced a proposed rulemaking that would require the myriad non-banks...more

New York Department of Financial Services Rule Will Require Banks to Collect Demographic Data with Commercial Credit Applications

Lenders will soon be required to collect detailed demographic and financial data on commercial credit applicants and report this data to regulators. The NYDFS issued a proposed rule that will require New York banks to...more

NYDFS Continues Series of Fair Lending Enforcement Actions against New York State-Chartered Banks

NYDFS is closely evaluating fair lending compliance at the institutions it regulates, and bringing enforcement actions based on statistical analyses of lenders’ loan portfolios. NYDFS has entered into a series of consent...more

Regulators Zero In on AI

As previously discussed, financial services regulators are increasingly focused on how businesses use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in underwriting and pricing consumer finance products. Although...more

Federal Banking Regulators Propose Overhaul of Community Reinvestment Act

Regulators took a first step toward modernizing CRA regulations with a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The proposed rule would add more standardized metrics for regulators’ CRA examinations and more clearly delineate...more

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Calls for CFPB Investigation into Tenant Screening...

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has written to newly confirmed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, asking him to review...more

Senate Confirms Rohit Chopra as CFPB Director

As CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra will vigorously apply the CFPB’s authority to promulgate rules, conduct examinations, and bring enforcement actions. CFPB Acting Director Uejio has laid the groundwork for Director Chopra to...more

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