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.
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.
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.
While it will take time for banking agencies to issue guidance and create tools facilitating compliance with the newly finalized Community Reinvestment Act rule, banks should get the ball rolling at their end, attorneys said.
A petition from consumer advocates called for the CFPB to issue a rulemaking prohibiting the use of forced arbitration agreements in consumer financial services contracts. Industry trade groups said prior Congressional action bars the agency from issuing such a rule.
Attorney Chris Willis of Troutman Pepper said lenders may still be able to narrowly tailor the use of immigration status in credit decisions while staying compliant with recent guidance from the CFPB and DOJ.
Banks don’t appear to be doing enough to check the anti-consumer lobbying and litigation efforts of the trade groups that represent them, according to Rise Economy, a California-based nonprofit.
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