The proposed changes would eliminate the use of disparate impact under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and restrict conditions for creditors to offer special purpose credit programs.

The new Section 1071 proposal would raise the covered loan origination threshold and exclude certain loans from coverage.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and a local trade group said imposing Community Reinvestment Act requirements on nonbanks isn’t the way to address the barriers to homeownership.

The trade group called for clear federal guidance on existing laws to provide regulatory certainty and facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence by the mortgage industry.

The bureau’s new interpretive rule could call into question the legality of state laws that aim to ban medical debt and other information from credit reports.

The bureau repealed some amendments over concerns that the process for deciding dispositive motions concentrated authority with the director of the bureau.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is concerned that New York’s Community Reinvestment Act plans will place restrictive limits on CRA credit for purchased loans.

While trade groups representing banks are seeking a major overhaul of the current rule, fintechs said the rule preserves the principle that financial data belongs to consumers and not banks.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors is working on building common standard examination programs for the states to use as federal enforcement activity diminishes.

The emergency law provides borrowers impacted by the January wildfires up to 12 months of mortgage forbearance.