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FDIC Removes Disparate Impact Theory from Compliance Exam Manual

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Before the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) updated the fair lending and unfair, deceptive act or practices (UDAP) chapters of its Consumer Compliance Examination Manual to remove...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order on Fair Banking

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Regulators are directed to avoid reputation risk, identify banks that have engaged in unlawful debanking, and take appropriate remedial actions. ...more

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CFPB issues Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Report to Congress

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The CFPB has issued its Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period April 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. ...more

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House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Holds Hearing on Lending and Housing Discrimination Against...

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On October 29, 2019, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to explore the issue of lending and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community....more

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CFPB files answer in lawsuit challenging delay in Section 1071 implementation

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The CFPB has filed an answer in the lawsuit filed in May 2019 in a California federal district court by the California Reinvestment Coalition, the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, and two individual...more

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CA Reinvestment Coalition sues CFPB for delaying Section 1071 implementation

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The California Reinvestment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the CFPB in a California federal district court seeking a declaration that the CFPB’s failure to issue regulations implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank...more

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CFPB hints at possible disparate impact rulemaking

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On October 17, the Bureau released its Fall 2018 Rulemaking Agenda, but it included a surprise for those interested in fair lending.  Under the section of the associated blog post entitled “Future Planning” appears the...more

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ECOA and Small Business Lending: Where Are We?

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During Richard Cordray’s tenure as CFPB director, it began to look like we were heading toward an era of much more aggressive application of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to small business lending. ...more

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GAO determination that leveraged lending guidance is subject to CRA could foreshadow similar fate for CFPB indirect auto finance...

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In May 2017, we blogged about press reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had accepted a request from Senator Patrick Toomey for a determination concerning whether the CFPB Bulletin 2013-02, titled “Indirect...more

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Lawmaker seeks CFPB fair lending investigation of fintech small business lenders

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A Democratic congressman has raised concerns about potentially discriminatory lending practices used by fintech companies that extend credit to small businesses, calling on the CFPB “to vigorously investigate whether [such...more

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