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The OCC has announced changes to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) examination procedures and data collection requirements applicable to community banks to reduce regulatory burdens. The policy changes are...more
The CFPB’s Section 1071 Proposal: Big Reduction in Reporters, Loans and Data Points - Does Drastic Reduction in Reporters and Loans Undermine Purpose? The CFPB’s proposal to modify the Section 1071 Rule offers significant...more
On November 17, the FTC announced a final court order permanently banning a small-business financing company and its chief executive from offering business financing, debt relief, and credit repair services and imposing a...more
As previously reported, the CFPB is proposing major changes to its 2023 final rule that would require financial institutions to report information contained in loan applications submitted by small businesses, including...more
About 83% of CRA “covered” lenders do not report lending under CRA - On November 13, the Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies announced the availability of the 2024 CRA lending activity of 731 lenders who reported data on...more
The Paycheck Protection Program was a lifeline for small businesses struggling to keep their employees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for business owners who failed to include all applicable employees in their size...more
On October 21, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a state-by-state analysis of the impact of the ongoing federal government shutdown on small business lending. The SBA reported that its core 7(a) and 504...more
On October 2, The CFPB finalized a rule extending the compliance deadlines for its 2023 Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. The final rule confirms the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized its interim final rule amending Regulation B to extend the compliance deadlines set forth in the small business lending data collection rule required by Section...more
On September 25, the CFPB published in the Federal Register a final rule amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates for small business lending data collection and reporting under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. ...more
As previously reported, in June 2025 the CFPB issued an interim final rule extending the compliance dates for the section 1071 small business data collection and reporting rule. The CFPB has now issued a final rule with the...more
On September 30, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $5.7 million settlement with Dun & Bradstreet, resolving allegations that the global provider of business-decisioning data and analytics, violated a prior 2022...more
On September 18, the SBA announced that it would waive most upfront fees for small manufacturers in fiscal year 2026. For 7(a) manufacturing loans of up to $950,000, the SBA will charge no upfront fee. For loans pertinent to...more
On September 9, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky stayed a case challenging the CFPB’s Small Business Lending Rule until December 1, 2025, while the CFPB conducts new rulemaking which could render...more
Do you have clients that are classified as small businesses? Small business classifications are determined by the SBA under what are called “North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.” The first two...more
On August 26, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) took action to enforce President Trump’s directive by issuing a letter to its network of over 5,000 lenders. This letter mandates the cessation of alleged politicized...more
The CFPB released its semiannual Unified Rulemaking Agenda update on Aug. 15, 2025, outlining its rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory updates twice per year reflecting the agency's plans to propose, finalize...more
The Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan recently adopted Order No. 55, which came into force on 6 July 2025. The order approves the Register of State Support Measures, which...more
In this special crossover edition of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Carlin McCrory and Jason Cover are joined by their colleague Caleb Rosenberg to explore the evolving landscape of small business financing....more
In this special crossover edition of the Payments Pros and Consumer Finance podcasts, Carlin McCrory and Jason Cover are joined by their colleague Caleb Rosenberg to explore the evolving landscape of small business financing....more
The Federal Reserve has announced that the agency will no longer assess reputational risk when examining banks’ risk management processes. According to the June 23 announcement, the Federal Reserve has already begun reviewing...more
The CFPB has continued to announce additional procedural, rulemaking and administrative changes, with the latest being three postings to the Federal Register on June 18, 2025: 1) a final rule rescinding the Procedure Relating...more
On June 18, 2025, the CFPB published its 2025 Section 1071 Interim Final Rule. Lenders covered by the 2024 Section 1071 Interim Final Rule should know what the 2025 Rule is changing, how it affects them and what they can and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued an interim final rule (2025 interim final rule) delaying compliance deadlines for a second time for its small business lending data collection rule, which...more
The SBA Franchise Directory is officially back online from June 1, 2025, and with it comes a series of critical updates for franchisors and franchisees discussed in the virtual briefing led by Stephen Olear, Senior Franchise...more