The New York Department of Financial Services wants the CFPB to share with state regulators the data it plans to collect on small-business loans. The NYDFS also wants the final rule to extend coverage to include all minority- and women-owned businesses.

A new National Community Reinvestment Coalition analysis of HMDA data shows significant racial disparities in mortgage lending.

In a new request for input, the bureau has asked consumers to share their experiences with fees charged in connection to their mortgages, deposit accounts, credit cards and prepaid accounts, among others.

Earned wage access advisory opinion; civil penalty maximum adjusted; CFPB examining college-offered loans; final order in payments processor case; Bank of America class-action settlement.

The three national credit reporting agencies’ poor response to consumer complaints raises serious questions about their intentions, the CFPB said in a new report.

While both industry and consumer groups generally support the proposed rule’s objectives, they want the CFPB to reconsider some definitions and reporting of certain discretionary data points.

While industry trade groups want fewer companies and products to fall under the scope of the proposed small-business lending data collection rule, consumer advocates mostly want the opposite.

UI researchers said regulators should either “blend” minority neighborhoods and borrowers into Community Reinvestment Act lending measures or give extra credit for lending to minority LMI communities or borrowers. Both approaches come with problems.

Attorneys expressed dismay over how a procedural disagreement tied to a request for comment morphed into a partisan brawl over who holds authority.

A district court had allowed DHI Mortgage Co. to compel arbitration on employment-related claims brought by a former employee.