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NCLC Asks CFPB to Consider Residential Leases as Credit for Specific Purposes

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The National Consumer Law Center is asking the CFPB, by way of a petition, for rulemaking that is long on policy arguments but woefully short on legal support, as we note below, to define residential leases as “credit” under...more

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FTC, State of Arizona Charge Auto Dealership with Deceiving Consumers

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On August 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Arizona Attorney General announced a proposed settlement with an Arizona-based vehicle dealership to resolve allegations that the dealership misrepresented prices...more

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Appraisal Bias Focus Continues in 2024

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What Happened? Building on the 2021 announcement of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (“PAVE”) and a series of federal agency actions in the intervening months, 2024 brings new efforts at...more

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Federal Court Rejects CFPB's Novel Use of "Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices" Authority

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Ruling concludes "unfairness" authority under the Dodd-Frank Act does not cover discrimination. On September 8, 2023, a federal district court rejected the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ("CFPB") interpretation...more

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11th Circuit: ECOA anti-discrimination provision against requiring spousal signature does not apply to defaulted mortgage during...

On April 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to enter judgment in favor of a defendant national bank following a bench trial related to claims arising from foreclosure...more

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Focus on Fintech: CFPB plans to use its UDAAP authority to expand its anti-discrimination efforts to non-credit financial products...

The CFPB recently updated  its examination manual to, in Director Chopra’s words, “combat discriminatory practices across the board in consumer finance.” Under the CFPB’s revised manual, any discriminatory conduct that the...more

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CFPB Releases a Warning — But No Helpful Guidance — on Machine Learning Model Adverse Action Notices

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On May 26, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced that federal anti-discrimination law requires companies to explain to applicants the specific reasons for denying an application for credit or...more

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CFPB Redefines Discrimination in Financial Services with Updates to UDAAP Examination Manual

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) materially altered the consumer protection landscape in the financial services industry through a series of revisions to its examination manual for unfair, deceptive and abusive...more

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CFPB Announces Expansion of Unfairness Analysis to Address Discrimination

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On March 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) announced a significant expansion of its “anti-discrimination efforts to combat discriminatory practices across the board in consumer finance.” Under...more

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CFPB Puts Mortgage Servicing Industry on Notice: Being “Unprepared is Unacceptable”

On April 1, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau emphasized that the mortgage servicing industry must prepare now for an inevitable increase later this year in loss mitigation requests from borrowers whose COVID-19...more

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Ain’t No Party Like an Anti-Discriminatory-Rule-Writing Party

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The financial services industry had been waiting with bated breath to see how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) would resume efforts to prescribe rules and give guidance to implement the far-reaching Section...more

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House member launches fintech lending investigation

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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II announced last week that he had launched an investigation into small business financial technology (fintech) lending by sending a letter to the CEOs of several fintech small business lenders. ...more

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