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.
According to Dan Smith, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association, the CFPB’s potential data broker rule could lead to companies exiting the data business.
The bureau has accused South Carolina-based Heights Finance of targeting borrowers for their likelihood to refinance and using coercive practices to drive them into fee-laden refinancing cycles.
The firms, which include Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com, were accused of misrepresenting to consumers that an upfront fee was necessary to begin the credit repair process.
A New York court has rejected a motion to dismiss a CFPB lawsuit against a group of debt buyers for violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
A New York state court has stayed proceedings in an enforcement action brought by the CFPB against a subprime indirect auto finance firm, pending the Supreme Court’s decision in the bureau’s funding case.
Credit union and community bank trade groups have joined a lawsuit in a Texas district court, seeking a nationwide injunction against implementation of the CFPB’s small business lending data collection rule.
The bureau wants to recategorize brokers selling certain types of consumer data as “consumer reporting agencies” and restrict the extent to which “credit header data” can be released.