The megabank is also required to refund at least $592,000 in garnishment-related fees to harmed consumers, reform its system for processing garnishments and update language in contracts with consumers.

The charges against MoneyGram, a remittance provider, include failure to deliver funds promptly to recipients abroad.

The bank had refused to approve a couple’s mortgage application until the wife returned from maternity leave, HUD said in its complaint.

The bureau said the credit reporting agency used digital tricks to manipulate people to sign up for fee-based subscriptions.

The CFPB plans to launch dedicated units within its supervision and enforcement division to enhance detection of repeat offenders and to better hold them accountable.

A federal appeals court remanded the case to a district court to first determine which counts of a CFPB complaint against Ocwen are barred by the 2014 consent judgment between the two parties.

The bureau announced changes to examiners’ procedures, saying it will now scrutinize all covered markets for discriminatory practices under the “unfairness” standards.

The DOJ is self-referring investigations and scrutinizing lenders’ HMDA loan application register data for redlining practices, according to industry attorneys.

The change signals that the CFPB may start bringing more enforcement cases in-house, with the bureau director deciding what does and does not violate the law, according to Mayer Brown attorneys.

Smaller nonbanks don’t have the economies of scale to monitor how the CFPB might deviate from state interpretations of federal consumer mortgage rules and regulations, the Community Home Lenders Association said in a letter to the CFPB.