The head of the Consumer Data Industry Association said in an interview that the rapidly rising complaint count is due to “exogenous” factors. The trend will continue, he said, short of policy action to fix the issue.
Kaitlyn Cherry, licensing director and corporate counsel at Guild Mortgage, called for the creation of a temporary authority sponsorship acceptance period, among other improvements.
Trade groups representing banks used the bureau’s new petition process to ask the regulator to ensure nonbank data aggregators are supervised under the pending Section 1033 rulemaking.
In comments to the CFPB, consumer advocates argued credit card late fees were too high and harmed poorer consumers more. Bank trade associations said the fees are necessary to help issuers pay for their costs and an effective tool to foster healthy financial behaviors among consumers.
Interpretive rule outlines digital marketer liability; CFPB fines “no overdraft” fintech for overdrafts; senators followup on CFPB’s U.S. Bank enforcement; bureau warns of consumer commerce data misuse; VantageScore stops reporting medical debt; NMLS seeks disclosure question feedback.
The CFPB and DOJ filed a complaint and proposed consent order against Trident Mortgage for allegedly discouraging consumers in Philadelphia’s majority-minority neighborhoods from applying for credit.
A Federal Reserve study evaluated if giving Community Reinvestment Act credit for purchasing loans benefits LMI credit availability, finding that it creates more loan purchases but not more originations.
A recent Supreme Court decision invoking the “major question doctrine” to limit a federal regulator’s authority to interpret statute could have a major impact on other federal agencies, including the CFPB.
An executive at tech vendor Stavvy said the CFPB, instead of acknowledging the work done by servicers during the pandemic, was focusing on one or two servicers whose response time may have lagged.
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