Industry attorneys are starkly divided on whether and how the CFPB should define the meaning of “abusive” acts and practices.

The CFPB under the leadership of Director Kathy Kraninger filed its first amicus brief, weighing in on issues related to the one-year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Maine has created a new requirement for mortgage servicers that goes further than the CFPB’s rules.

HUD has offered a job to Eric Blankenstein, a former CFPB official who stirred controversy over his racism-tinged blog posting more than a decade ago. Democrats are concerned about the impact his appointment will have.

The CFPB extended the comment period by three months on its advanced notice of proposed rule-making regarding whether to revise additional HMDA data points added under its 2015 rule.

Mortgage servicers said there was no decrease in state examinations of fair servicing and, in fact, states' new focus is on the disparate-impact theory.

First Merchants Bank has reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations of discriminatory lending by redlining predominantly African-American neighborhoods.

The CFPB is still actively conducting fair lending exams, said compliance experts, but it remains a question mark whether the exams will turn to enforcement actions.