Asked about whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could take further regulatory actions on trigger leads, Director Rohit Chopra indicated its authority over them was "somewhat limited."

As of Sept. 30, the CFPB had 1,677 employees, an increase of 55 employees from a year earlier and 237 more than in 2019.

Brandon Milhorn was most recently the deputy to Travis Hill, vice chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The CFPB fined Bank of America $12 million for claiming mortgage applicants chose not to provide race, ethnicity and sex data when in reality applicants hadn't been asked about it.

According to an Inside the CFPB analysis of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s executive calendar, he spent slightly more time with industry representatives than with consumer advocates in the first half of 2023.

The rule aims to prevent issues involving securitization seen in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008.

Mortgage insurance linked notes will be exempt from a rule the SEC issued Monday on conflicts of interest in securitizations.

The pilot was prompted by a request from the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Several commenters argued that any capital requirement on commingled securities might interfere with the fungibility of the uniform mortgage-backed security.

HUD's IG questioned whether Ginnie could relocate a troubled MBS portfolio from one issuer to another if the first is facing financial or operational challenges.