The Supreme Court has agreed to take on the contentious issue of whether the CFPB’s funding is unconstitutional. Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held the bureau’s funding structure violated the Constitution’s appropriation clause and separation of powers doctrine.
The license for the new mortgage lending company of Michael Strauss, the former president of now-shuttered Sprout Mortgage, has been suspended by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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Ruling in a redlining case filed by the CFPB against a nonbank mortgage lender, a district court judge said Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibitions do not extend to prospective applicants.