Fitch Ratings raised concerns about the CFPB’s plan to move away from the debt-to-income ratio in defining a qualified mortgage. It believes the DTI ratio is a better predictor of borrower default risk.

CFPB-Education Department MOU; CFPB’s associate director for research, markets and regulation resigns; Puerto Rico reporting requirements; debt collection event.

The CFPB intends to do away with the debt-to-income metric as a mortgage underwriting factor and instead consider an alternative to assess a borrower’s ability to repay. The news drew mixed reactions.

In a new policy statement, the CFPB said it will rely on a cost-benefit analysis to deal with “abusiveness” claims in supervision and enforcement.

More than a dozen briefs have been filed before the Supreme Court defending the CFPB’s constitutionality. State attorneys general told the high court that killing the bureau would harm states’ consumer protection authority.

The TRID rule’s cure liability issues and compliance burdens were the main focus of industry feedback letters to the CFPB.

Thomas Ward, deputy assistant attorney general overseeing the torts branch in the civil division of the DOJ, will now serve as the CFPB’s assistant director for enforcement.

The House of Representatives greenlighted a package of bills aimed at overhauling the credit reporting system. The legislation, however, has a dim future in the Senate.

To provide greater clarity to financial institutions in meeting their legal obligations, the CFPB will add a new “compliance aids” category to its guidance.