Industry participants and consumer advocates separately applauded the CFPB’s Section 1033 proposal on open banking. There were also plenty of suggestions for adjustments among the thousands of comment letters submitted.

The CFPB estimated that its proposal to establish oversight of payments providers would apply to 17 companies. Companies subject to the proposal are seeking exemptions while consumer advocates called for more expansive protections.

CFPB issues advisory opinions on background checks, credit file disclosures requested by consumers; banks critical of advisory opinion on information requests; banks look to slow overdraft rulemaking; new servicing requirements in California; Senate fails to override veto of bill that would halt Section 1071 data collection.

The CFPB and nonbank mortgage lender Townstone Financial presented their arguments to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The arguments centered on whether ECOA applies to prospective applicants.

Republican members of the House pressed CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on his international engagement last month, requesting he publicly disclose meetings held under an informal partnership between the CFPB and the European Commission.

The bureau and the Department of Justice sued a Texas land developer and a mortgage lender over an alleged predatory lending scheme.

Researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that banks with diverse stakeholders — groups like borrowers, depositors and employees — are more averse to inequality and have a higher propensity to approve mortgage applications for minority borrowers.

The civil monetary penalty and consumer redress are tied to freezes on unemployment benefits accounts during the pandemic.

Republicans pressed the head of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation and Competition on the value of work done by the office.

Legislation introduced by Kentucky Republican Andy Barr would rein in the CFPB’s use of its unfair, deceptive and abusive acts or practices authority.