The CFPB is moving forward with a pilot that would test alternative disclosures for construction loans.

While it will take time for banking agencies to issue guidance and create tools facilitating compliance with the newly finalized Community Reinvestment Act rule, banks should get the ball rolling at their end, attorneys said.

A petition from consumer advocates called for the CFPB to issue a rulemaking prohibiting the use of forced arbitration agreements in consumer financial services contracts. Industry trade groups said prior Congressional action bars the agency from issuing such a rule.

Attorney Chris Willis of Troutman Pepper said lenders may still be able to narrowly tailor the use of immigration status in credit decisions while staying compliant with recent guidance from the CFPB and DOJ.

Banks don’t appear to be doing enough to check the anti-consumer lobbying and litigation efforts of the trade groups that represent them, according to Rise Economy, a California-based nonprofit.

A CFPB working paper found that lender-identified race and ethnicity data on mortgage applications more closely correlates with the probability an individual is of a given race than applications with self-identified race information. The largest differences were for Hispanic and Black applicants.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association responded to a White House request for information on the prospects for harmonizing cybersecurity regulations. Separately, the New York Department of Financial Services finalized amendments to its cybersecurity regulation.

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

Companies’ boards and senior management need to “recognize the inherent risk of the HMDA process” and provide human and capital resources to it, according to the Fed.