New York will soon start evaluating nonbank mortgage lenders on how well they meet the credit needs of the communities that they serve.

While innovation and regulation are often thought of as in tension, industry participants suggest that with artificial intelligence, the two factors can work together.

The move clarifies that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act doesn’t prohibit lenders’ consideration of immigration status when evaluating credit applications.

Earned wage access products are no longer subject to the Truth in Lending Act’s requirements, if they meet certain terms laid out in the bureau’s new advisory opinion.

Consumer advocates said the proposed changes will make it even more difficult for underserved markets to access credit, particularly people of color that continue to experience redlining and lending discrimination.

The organization that represents state mortgage regulators supports a request from the MBA for a grace period for initial filing of Mortgage Call Report Version 7.

Although the bureau isn’t enforcing its payday lending rule, members of the small-dollar lending industry said the rule is still limiting customers’ “payment flexibility.”

The CFPB will focus on debanking in 2026, while the NCUA shifted how it will evaluate potential discrimination under fair lending laws.

Trade groups and consumer advocates go different ways in their feedback on proposed changes to data collection on small-business lending.

The court determined that when used retroactively, the new state foreclosure-protection law in New York doesn’t interfere with mortgage lenders’ due process rights.