The request for information drew responses from a handful of labor unions and employer trade groups from a variety of industries.

CSBS names new policy and supervision chief; CFPB studies student banking; bureau sues remittances firm; DOJ settles discrimination claims with bank; Regulation F MVNs are optional; bureau states clearly false data don’t belong on credit reports.

A judge held that the CFPB’s 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rule that introduced a higher loan-volume reporting threshold was in part arbitrary and capricious.

The lawsuit claims the CFPB overstepped its authority when revising its supervisory exam manual to consider discrimination an unfair, deceptive or abusive act or practice.

The Second Circuit ruled that a New York law requiring banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts was pre-empted by the National Bank Act.

The $13 million settlement with the New Jersey-based bank was the third-largest redlining settlement in DOJ’s history.

The bureau’s special supervisory highlights report cites instances of university-owned lenders withholding academic transcripts to coerce borrowers into making payments.

The Center for Responsible Lending and Consumer Bankers Association have jointly requested rulemaking on personal lending, while the National Consumer Law Center wants rulemaking to prohibit the listing of medical debt on credit reports.

The CFPB imposes penalty on overdraft fees; online lender sued; money transfer firm fined; term lender’s appeal fails.

The bureau wants to know how it can make it easier and less risky for consumers to refinance their mortgages, and how it could spur the creation of new products.