CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Robert Broeksmit believe the consequences of deeming the bureau’s funding unconstitutional would be disastrous for regulated markets, especially housing finance.
A federal court sided with trade groups and vacated the CFPB’s March 2022 supervision and examination manual update that directed examiners to apply the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s unfairness authority to discriminatory practices.
A panel of judges in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the federal Bankruptcy Code doesn’t preempt state law claims arising from alleged improper collection attempts of a discharged debt.
The agency opposed a request to expand an injunction on implementing its small business lending data collection rule to all covered institutions. Currently the stay applies only to American Bankers Association and Texas Bankers Association members.
The Bank Policy Institute and American Bankers Association have asked federal agencies to pause adoption of the Community Reinvestment Act final rule until proposed bank capital requirements are finalized and the Supreme Court decides on the CFPB’s funding mechanism.