Under Operation Corrupt Collector, the CFPB in September filed a lawsuit against five debt-collection companies for engaging in threatening and abusive practices.
Significant structural changes at the CFPB under the Trump administration; CSBS allows consumer gripes on its examination platform; Ed Pinto complains about the QM patch.
Under the proposal, a bank’s mortgage lending activity will be evaluated using two metrics: the percentage of a bank’s mortgage loans made to borrowers in LMI census tracts and borrowers of different income and revenue levels.
The renewed push for a change to the LO compensation rule has been sparked by the current highly competitive market conditions, according to industry experts.
The CFPB has brought eight enforcement actions, including six settlements and two lawsuits, in September alone. Four of the settlements resolve charges regarding sending deceptive mailers to veterans.
The CFPB’s consumer advisory committee has more consumer advocacy representatives than it has ever had under the Trump administration. Nine out of 12 members are from the consumer advocacy world.
Community banks expressed disappointment at the proposed outline, noting that the data collection and reporting mandates will undermine their relationship-based banking model.
A survey showed that a majority of homeowners who entered into some sort of COVID-19-related forbearance agreement still got dinged on their credit reports.
Many participants have suggested the CFPB increase the safe harbor qualified-mortgage threshold to ensure borrowers are not arbitrarily left with only FHA-insured options.
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