The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Patriot Bank (Patriot or Bank) has agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that the Bank engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining majority-Black and Hispanic...more
1/31/2024
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Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
ECOA ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining
In November 2023, S.B. 668 was introduced in the Wisconsin Senate. S.B. 668 would make sweeping changes to the state laws governing financial service providers. The bill creates a pathway for the Wisconsin Department of...more
1/22/2024
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Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Money Transmitter ,
Mortgage Brokers ,
Mortgages ,
NMLS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Wisconsin
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will host a public hearing on appraisal bias on February 13, 2024. This will be the fourth public hearing on appraisal bias, and like the...more
In November 2023, S.B. 668 was introduced in the Wisconsin Senate. S.B. 668 would make sweeping changes to the state laws governing financial service providers. The bill creates a pathway for the Wisconsin Department of...more
Throughout the past few years, the CFPB has sought input from a range of stakeholders, including community-based organizations and financial institutions, for feedback about how it can improve consumer financial products and...more
Throughout the past few years, the CFPB has sought input from a range of stakeholders, including community-based organizations and financial institutions, for feedback about how it can improve consumer financial products and...more
11/30/2023
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumers ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) ,
Mortgages ,
Request For Information ,
UDAAP
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
10/30/2023
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Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Regulation B
On October 19, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that its Combating Redlining Initiative has resulted in over $107 million in relief for communities adversely affected by lending discrimination by mortgage...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Washington Trust Company, of Westerly (WTC) to resolve claims that WTC redlined majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island....more
10/24/2023
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgage Loan Officer ,
Mortgages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Regulation B ,
Rhode Island ,
Settlement
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) is scheduled to host a public hearing on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The upcoming hearing on appraisal bias will focus on how residential...more
On October 5, the CFPB published the list of new members appointed to serve on the Consumer Advisory Board and each Council group....more
On September 14, 2023, the CFPB released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the Small Business Data Collection Rule (the “Rule”). These FAQs are in addition to the set published in June 2023, which are dated. ...more
The Connecticut Department of Banking (the “Department”) issued a guidance letter on September 11, 2023 (the “Guidance”) providing its position regarding the amendments to Connecticut’s Small Loan Lending and Related...more
As readers may recall, California previously attempted to enact a “Digital Financial Assets Law” with the introduction of AB 2269 in February 2022. In relevant part, AB 2269 proposed (1) a stringent licensing requirement for...more
9/19/2023
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California ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Stablecoins
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on September 11, 2023, settled a claim against a group of affiliated entities operating a background reporting business, Instant Checkmate, LLC, TruthFinder, LLC, The Control Group Media...more
The CFPB published guidance to remind the mortgage industry of numerous U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) policy statements that were issued before the CFPB assumed authority for enforcing the Real Estate...more
The Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions is amending the rules that implement the state’s Residential Mortgage Lending Act. The Division is seeking preliminary feedback on the administrative rules,...more
9/11/2023
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Licensing Rules ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) released two supervision and regulation letters regarding the agency’s program to supervise “novel” banking activities....more
8/30/2023
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Blockchain ,
Cryptoassets ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FRB ,
Joint Statements ,
Liquidity ,
OCC ,
Supervisory Guidance
The CFPB’s final rule implementing Section 1071 requires financial institutions to collect and report certain data in connection with credit applications made by small businesses, including women-, minority- or LGBTQI+-owned...more
On June 13, Nevada’s governor signed into law Senate Bill 290 creating the nation’s first statutory framework for earned wage access (EWA) providers operating in the state. The law appoints the state’s Commissioner of...more
6/30/2023
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Earned Wage Access ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Licensing Rules ,
Nevada ,
New Legislation ,
NMLS ,
Wages
The Justice Department (DOJ) recently announced a settlement with ESSA Bank & Trust (ESSA), which has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining in violation of...more
6/16/2023
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disparate Impact ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgage Loan Officer ,
Mortgages ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Settlement ,
Statutory Violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a Small Entity Compliance Guide (“Guide”) covering the amendments to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B, which implement requirements of Section...more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Act) directs the CFPB to prescribe Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ability-to-repay (ATR) rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The CFPB...more
The CFPB has announced that it has made changes to its semi-annual survey of credit card term. According to the CFPB, the changes are “designed to increase price competition in the credit card market by allowing people to...more
The CFPB recently hosted the first hearing of the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“ASC”) on appraisal bias. The hearing was led by CFPB Deputy Director Zixta Martinez and ASC...more