Fair Lending Shake-Ups: CFPB Vacates Townstone Settlement, FHFA Ends GSEs' Special Purpose Credit Programs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On June 25, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare proposals for treating cryptocurrency held on U.S.-regulated exchanges as assets for reserves in...more
On August 19, the OIG for the FHFA released a report evaluating the agency’s supervision of FHLBanks following the issue of four member banks during spring 2023. The report summarized four findings: (i) the FHFA has not...more