CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger continues to build her team with new additions to the agency’s senior leadership team. Brian Johnson has been named as deputy director. Separately, Eric Blankenstein, a top enforcement chief at the bureau who was under fire for a racism-tinged blog, has resigned.

A federal appeals court has upheld CFPB's constitutionality. This means there is no circuit split on the issue, which would encourage the Supreme Court to take up the case.

The CFPB is seeking public input on possible changes to the remittance rule, such as raising the exemption threshold.

The CFPB has issued guidance in the form of a fact sheet on the applicability of the integrated mortgage disclosure rule to mortgage loan assumptions.

The institute has called for full public release of multifamily lending data collected for 2018. Meanwhile, the CFPB said it will retire its HMDA explorer tool in the coming months.

The New York Department of Financial Services has created a regulator akin to the CFPB, stepping up statewide consumer financial protection.

The CFPB late last week proposed to exempt more lenders from collecting and reporting loan-level data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

Lenders, including Bank of America, face revived class action status over kickback schemes with a title company.