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Advocacy Group Petitions CFPB to Categorize Housing Rental Leases as “Credit”

On August 12, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), a prominent consumer advocacy group, petitioned the CFPB to open rulemaking under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to expand the definition of “credit” to include...more

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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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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

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On July 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Townstone Financial, Inc. that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) protects prospective applicants and...more

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CFPB Issues 2023 Annual Fair Lending Report

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On June 26, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) released its annual Fair Lending Report (the “Report”) for the calendar year 2023. The reporting period ran through December 31, 2023, so any...more

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DACA Recipient Accuses California Credit Union of ECOA Violations

On May 3, a California resident filed a class action lawsuit in federal court accusing a Los Angeles-based credit union of discriminatory practices, and raised a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and violations of...more

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FTC provides its 2023 ECOA activities to CFPB

On February 12, the FTC provided the CFPB with an annual summary of its 2023 enforcement, research and policy development, and educational-related initiatives on ECOA, as Dodd-Frank allows the Commission to enforce ECOA and...more

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A Closer Look at NCUA’s Consumer Financial Protection and Compliance Expectations

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As discussed, in a recent letter, the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) outlined the agency’s supervisory priorities for 2024. In this post, we delve deeper into the area of consumer protection...more

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CFPB and DOJ Release Joint Statement on Fair Lending and Credit Opportunities for Noncitizen Borrowers

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The joint statement provides helpful guidance on the civil rights implications of considering an individual’s immigration status under the ECOA. On October 12, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and...more

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CFPB removes changes regarding discrimination as an unfair practice from UDAAP exam manual but appeals from district court order...

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In September 2023, the CFPB updated its UDAAP Examination Manual to remove the changes it made in March 2022 which provided that unfair acts or practices encompassed discriminatory conduct, even in circumstances to which...more

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CFPB appeals district court order granting summary judgment to plaintiffs in lawsuit challenging UDAAP exam manual

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On November 6, the CFPB filed a notice with the Texas federal district court that it is appealing to the Fifth Circuit the district court’s order granting summary judgment to a group of trade associations in their lawsuit...more

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Republican Senators urge CFPB and DOJ to retract joint statement on consideration of immigration status under ECOA

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A group of eleven Republican Senators who are members of the Senate Banking Committee have sent a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to urge the CFPB and DOJ to retract the joint...more

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DOJ Redlining Consent Order With Ameris Bank

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Recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a proposed consent order with Ameris Bank to resolve allegations of redlining from 2016 through 2021 in majority Black and Hispanic areas in the Bank’s Jacksonville,...more

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CFPB and DOJ Joint Statement Signals Increased Fair Lending Scrutiny for Noncitizen Borrowers

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have issued a new joint statement focused on anti-discrimination in lending practices as they relate to noncitizens. This guidance not only...more

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CFPB, DOJ issue guidance on immigration status and fair lending

On October 12, the CFPB and DOJ issued a joint statement on fair lending and credit opportunities for noncitizen borrowers. The statement warned that, under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implementing...more

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CFPB Issues New Guidance for AI-Driven Credit Decisions

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On September 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued new guidance outlining lenders’ obligations under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B when using artificial intelligence (AI)...more

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CFPB Issues Guidance on AI Use in Credit Decisions

On September 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Consumer Protection Circular, “Adverse Action Notification Requirements and the Proper Use of the CFPB’s Sample Forms Provided in Regulation B”...more

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CFPB Weighs in on Credit Denials by Lenders When Using AI and Complex Credit Models

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The CFPB has issued a Circular addressing adverse action notification requirements and the proper use of the CFPB's sample forms provided in Regulation B when using artificial intelligence (AI) and complex credit models, and...more

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CFPB Issues Guidance on Credit Denials by Lenders Using Artificial Intelligence

On September 20th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published guidance – Consumer Financial Protection Circular, 2023-03 – regarding the list of reasons that must be provided when an applicant is denied...more

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The CFPB’s Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights, which discusses key examination findings between July 2022 and March 2023, underscores the Bureau’s continuing aggressive...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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Trade Associations File Amici Brief Supporting Townstone Financial’s Position on ECOA Scope

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The Mortgage Bankers Association and Housing Policy Council (the “Associations”) recently filed an Amici Curiae brief supporting the position of Townstone Financial regarding the scope of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...more

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Minnesota Expands its Fair Lending Statute to Cover Gender Identity Discrimination

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Minnesota has expanded its fair lending statute to prohibit discriminating against a person in the extension of credit or in the requirements of obtaining credit because of gender identity. Prior to this amendment, the...more

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CFPB Summer 2023 Supervisory Highlights looks at auto origination and servicing, consumer reporting, debt collection, deposits,...

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The CFPB has released the Summer 2023 edition of Supervisory Highlights.  The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of auto origination and servicing, consumer reporting, debt collection, deposits, mortgage...more

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CFPB Files Opening Brief in its Appeal of District Court Ruling that ECOA Applies Only to Applicants

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On June 14, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed its opening brief in its appeal of a U.S. district court’s decision in the CFPB’s enforcement action against Townstone Mortgage (Townstone). The CFPB’s...more

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CFPB's Annual Fair Lending Report Highlights Robust Oversight of Traditional and Innovative Lending Practices

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On June 29, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its annual fair lending report to Congress, confirming that although there was relatively little public fair lending enforcement in 2022, the CFPB and other...more

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