Movement Mortgage settles with DOJ; CFPB, other agencies issue RFI on medical debt; Senate Democrats want action on voice cloning; CFPB says most borrowers in forbearance in 2021 are current now; CFPB paying out to student loan borrowers who were charged illegal fees.
The CFPB’s latest regulatory agenda included a new larger-participant rule for consumer payments markets. The CFPB is also working on mortgage servicing reforms.
A pending initiative on personal data rights will entail CFPB rulemaking paired with private sector standard-setting activities, allowing market developments to guide the path toward “open banking.”
Republicans in the Senate and House pressed CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on his authority to issue informal guidance that they said created new obligations for regulated firms, as well as other issues.
There’s confusion and ambiguity in the bureau’s new rule requiring data collection and reporting for small-business lending. And the CFPB director isn’t budging on the implementation timeline.
The Supreme Court held that a Minnesota county violated the Constitution’s takings clause when it kept excess proceeds from a tax foreclosure sale after paying off the homeowner’s tax debt. The ruling has implications for mortgage servicers.
The CFPB stressed that any use of a chatbot in customer service roles should meet financial institutions’ legal obligations. The bureau also outlined a series of problems reported in consumer complaints.
The now-shuttered Sprout Mortgage, its former CEO and other defendants have agreed to shell out $3.5 million to settle four consolidated class actions brought by former employees of the non-QM lender.