The CFPB and other regulators in a joint comment letter raised concerns that the most recent draft of the Appraisal Foundation’s guidelines for appraisers removes clarity on federal discrimination prohibitions.

The study found that the Community Reinvestment Act has had little effect on the level of household borrowing in low- to moderate-income census tracts and on lending in different debt categories.

TransUnion in talks with the CFPB and FTC to settle charges; medical collections declined in the past four years; CHLA seeks exemption for members from CFPB’s “repeat offender” registry.

The CFPB sued Chicago-based Townstone Financial in 2020, alleging that statements made on its radio show discouraged Black prospective applicants from applying for mortgage loans.

The CFPB proposal includes lowering the safe-harbor late fees companies can charge consumers and seeks to eliminate automatic annual inflation adjustment of the safe harbor.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a district court order that sided with the CFPB over mortgage payment company Nationwide Biweekly Administration.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra reiterated his long-held argument that automation alone cannot remove bias from home appraisals. Others discussed actions to address appraisal bias.

CFPB to collect rental market data, issue background check guidance; banking regulators won’t enforce against newly-covered HMDA reporters.

The bureau seeks to weed out one-sided terms and conditions included in contracts that consumers sign when purchasing a product or signing up for a service from a nonbank. House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-NC, slammed the proposal.

The CFPB and other regulators have been trying to prod financial institutions into treating non-English-speaking consumers with more parity to English speakers.