In the largest fair lending enforcement action in several years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on August 30 announced simultaneous settlements with a national banking...more
9/9/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
OCC ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Regulatory Violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is finally moving forward with rulemaking under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which will require “financial institutions” to collect, maintain and report to the CFPB data on...more
6/28/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Collection ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SBREFA ,
Section 1071 ,
Small Business ,
Women-Owned Businesses
On March 9, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued an Interpretive Rule that the prohibitions against sex discrimination in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B encompass...more
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On August 3, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against a merchant cash advance (MCA) provider and two of its officers, alleging misconduct ranging from grossly misrepresenting the...more
On July 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry input on the future of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. While fair lending...more
8/18/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
ECOA ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) ,
Loan Officer ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulation B ,
Request For Information ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
UDAAP
While predicting the enforcement priorities of the financial regulators has always been more of an art than a science, the current circumstances—including a pandemic, a presidential election and a Supreme Court case hanging...more