A new working paper found that racial disparities in applications for home equity loan, home equity lines of credit and cash-out refinances between 2018 and 2021 were significantly larger than those for purchases and rate-term refinances.

A district court recently held that the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act’s treble damages provision applies only to the amount charged for title and settlement services due to illegal kickbacks.

TransUnion was seeking to recover more than $5 million of a $13.9 million penalty it paid for violations of a prior consent order.

The Richmond, VA-based bank has agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle charges that its employees failed to acquire consumers’ affirmative consent before enrolling them in an overdraft protection service.

Industry wants the CFPB to include an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking step in its Fair Credit Reporting Act rulemaking restricting the sale of consumer data by credit reporting companies.

Concerns over AI; the CFPB files comments on California DFPI’s proposed registration and examination of income-based advance providers; the CFPB ombudsman annual report; rulemaking on junk fees in Massachusetts; income share agreement provider settles with CFPB.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s outline of proposed amendments to the regulation implementing the Fair Credit Reporting Act lacked key details, financial services trade groups said in a joint letter.

In an analysis of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s leadership calendar, Inside the CFPB found he engages with several stakeholders outside of the agency’s walls, including frequent talks with trade groups and consumer advocates. (Includes data table.)

The CFPB’s funding requests in fiscal year 2023 totaled $721.2 million, 96% of its annual funding cap, according to the bureau’s financial report released this month.

The CFPB is moving forward with a pilot that would test alternative disclosures for construction loans.