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CFPB Bites of the Month - July 2024

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more

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The CFPB Faces Challenges to the Small Business Lending Rule in Texas and Kentucky

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On March 30, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued the small business lending rule (Final Rule) which implements the small business lending data collection requirements set for in Section 1071 of the...more

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Small Business Lenders Data Reporting Obligations Under Section 1071

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") recently published a Small Entity Compliance Guide (the "Guide") regarding Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which amended ECOA to require that financial...more

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CFPB speaks to ECOA and small business lending rule coverage of franchise financing

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The CFPB has published a document on its website that “communicates the extent to which the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implementing Regulation B apply with respect to franchises seeking credit to finance...more

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CFPB Rule and Enforcement Guidance on Small Business Lending Data Collection

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a new Rule aimed at improving the transparency of and access to credit for small businesses on March 30, 2023. The Rule requires financial institutions to report data...more

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CFPB Issues Long-Awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Small Business Lending Data Collection

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On September 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a 900+ page notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the small business lending data collection requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank...more

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CFPB Rulemaking Will Require Reporting On Lending To Women- And Minority-Owned And Small Businesses

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

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Financial Services Report - Spring 2021

Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more

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CFPB releases Section 1071 SBREFA outline

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The CFPB has taken a significant step towards issuing regulations to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act by releasing an outline of the proposals it is considering in preparation for convening a small business...more

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CFPB Releases (Finally) Its Small Business Lending Data Collection Rulemaking Proposal

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On September 15, 2020, after considerable delay and pursuant to a court settlement, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its Outline of Proposals Under Consideration and Alternatives Considered for small...more

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CFPB Outlines Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule Proposals

Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to compile, maintain, and submit to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) certain data...more

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CFPB files second status report with court regarding Section 1071 implementation

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The CFPB has filed its second status report with the California federal district court as required by the Stipulated Settlement Agreement in the lawsuit filed against the Bureau in May 2019 alleging wrongful delay in adopting...more

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CFPB files status report with court regarding Section 1071 implementation

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The CFPB has filed its first status report with the California federal district court as required by the Stipulated Settlement Agreement in the lawsuit filed against the Bureau in May 2019 alleging wrongful delay in adopting...more

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Fair Lending: CFPB Agrees to Restart Women- and Minority-Owned Business Data Collection

In a settlement with a consumer advocacy group on a significant fair lending issue, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has agreed to restart long-stalled efforts to gather statutorily mandated data on lending to...more

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CFPB and plaintiffs enter into settlement of lawsuit alleging wrongful delay in Section 1071 implementation

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The CFPB has entered into a settlement to resolve the lawsuit filed against it in May 2019 seeking a declaration that the CFPB’s failure to issue regulations implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act violates the...more

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FTC sends annual ECOA report to CFPB

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FTC has sent its annual letter to the CFPB reporting on the FTC’s activities related to compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B. ...more

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Ready or Not, Section 1071 is Coming: The Upcoming Implementation of Dodd-Frank’s Women and Minority-Owned and Small Business...

As part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, Congress enacted Section 1071, which amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to mandate certain reporting requirements for lenders making business loans. The act aims to “facilitate...more

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CA Reinvestment Coalition sues CFPB for delaying Section 1071 implementation

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The California Reinvestment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the CFPB in a California federal district court seeking a declaration that the CFPB’s failure to issue regulations implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank...more

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CFPB issues annual fair lending report

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The CFPB has issued a new annual report covering its fair lending activities during 2017.  Since Mick Mulvaney did not become Acting Director until the end of November 2017, the fair lending activities described in the report...more

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Uncertain Future For CFPB Small Business Data Rule

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On Wednesday, May 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information (RFI) on the small-business lending marketplace — the first step in an anticipated rulemaking pursuant to Section 1071 of...more

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CFPB conducts small business field hearing and issues related white paper and request for information

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Yesterday, I attended the CFPB’s field hearing in Los Angeles on small business lending. In connection with the hearing, the CFPB issued a white paper entitled “Key dimensions of the small business lending landscape,”...more

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CFPB to hold May 10 field hearing on small business lending

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The CFPB will hold a field hearing on small business lending in Los Angeles, CA on May 10, 2017. The announcement, which took the form of a posting on the events page of the CFPB’s website, contains only the usual statement...more

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CFPB identifies 2017 priorities in annual fair lending report

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In its new annual report covering its fair lending activities during 2016, the CFPB identifies the following three areas on which it “will increase our focus” in 2017...more

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Lawmaker seeks CFPB fair lending investigation of fintech small business lenders

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A Democratic congressman has raised concerns about potentially discriminatory lending practices used by fintech companies that extend credit to small businesses, calling on the CFPB “to vigorously investigate whether [such...more

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Community banks trade group asks Trump Administration to curb fair lending enforcement

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The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” ICBA stated that community banks are threatened by a recent...more

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