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.

The Los Angeles-based lender agreed to a $31 million payout to settle charges it engaged in redlining by denying residents in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods fair access to mortgage credit.

Complaints filed with the CFPB by military personnel about identity theft have increased from 234 in 2014 to 1,124 in 2022. Steady income and frequent relocation make servicemembers easy targets.

Electronic Fund Transfer Act protections apply to prepaid card accounts loaded with government benefits, according to an amicus brief filed by the CFPB in a lawsuit against Bank of America.

COO held liable for fraud scheme; companies offering negative option subscriptions on alert; NY law firm settles with CFPB; court says CFPB enforcement authority extends to scholarship assistance marketing.

The CFPB’s latest regulatory agenda includes some pending priorities and some new ones. Two of the new items would require nonbanks to register with the bureau.

For lenders trying to make bank statement loans that qualify as QMs, a little-noticed addition to a Regulation Z commentary could create uncertainty around whether they’ve properly verified the borrower’s income.