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.
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.
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