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SBA Orders Small Business Lenders to End Debanking Practices Pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order

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On August 26, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) took action to enforce President Trump’s directive by issuing a letter to its network of over 5,000 lenders. This letter mandates the cessation of alleged politicized...more

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CFPB Extends Compliance Dates for Section 1071 Rule Again Amid Ongoing Litigation

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule extending compliance dates for its 2023 small business lending rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...more

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Republicans renew efforts to repeal Section 1071

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Republicans on Capitol Hill are seeking to repeal a section of the Dodd-Frank Act that requires financial institutions to report information contained in loan applications submitted by women-owned, minority-owned and...more

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Uncovering Disparities: The CFPB's Small Business Lending Study – The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Join host Chris Willis and guests Lori Sommerfield and Joseph Reilly in this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast as they delve into the CFPB's recent study on differential treatment in small business lending. Discover the...more

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CFPB Issues Matched Pair Testing Report on Small Business Lending

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The CFPB recently issued a report entitled Matched-Pair Testing in Small Business Lending Markets that summarizes results of small business lending matched pair testing that it conducted in conjunction with the U.S....more

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CFPB Releases Study on Differential Treatment of Black and White Small Business Owners Seeking Loans

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On November 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a pilot study titled “Matched-Pair Testing in Small Business Lending Markets” highlighting what the CFPB believes were two statistically...more

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Federal District Court on September 23, 2024, entered final judgement in favor of the CFPB in lawsuit challenging its small...

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Judge Randy Crane (E.D. Tex) ruled on August 26, 2024 that the CFPB did not exceed its authority under Dodd Frank when it issued its final Section 1071 small business lending rule. The court also rejected other Administrative...more

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Plaintiffs free to appeal CFPB 1071 Rule after some plaintiffs drop their CFPB unlawful funding claim

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On August 26, 2024, Chief Judge Randy Crane in the E.D. Texas granted summary judgment to the CFPB, denied summary judgment to the trade groups and upheld the CFPB’s 1071 Rule (small business loan data collection rule)....more

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Section 1071 Rule: The Big Gap Between Small Business Lending and “Covered” Loans

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I’ve written articles critical of the Section 1071 Rule and the CFPB’s implementation of the new rule. For example, the scheduled “applicable dates” for data recording and reporting make no sense at all. As currently...more

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CFPB Releases Interim Final Rule Extending 1071 Compliance Dates

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On June 25th, the CFPB issued an interim final rule with a request for public comment extending the compliance dates for the Small Business Lending Rule in light of the Supreme Court’s decision finding the funding structure...more

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CFPB Remarks on SCOTUS Decision; Extended 1071 Small Business Lending Compliance Dates

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more

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CFPB responds to SCOTUS decision; extends 1071 small business lending rule compliance dates

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more

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CFPB Hits Back on Trade Groups Challenge to Small Business Lending Rule (Section 1071)

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On April 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its director Rohit Chopra asked U.S. District Judge Randy Crane to grant summary judgment and dispense with an industry-backed challenge to the...more

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New CRA Retail Lending Test Benchmarks

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The Retail Lending Test in the new CRA will measure bank performance against “market” benchmarks (lending activity reported by other lenders) and “community” benchmarks” (community demographics). Many bankers, although not...more

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Trade group for providers of commercial sales-based financing files lawsuit challenging CFPB final small business lending rule

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Revenue Based Finance Coalition (RBFC), a trade group whose members include non-banks that provide sales-based financing to businesses, filed a lawsuit last week against the CFPB in a Florida federal district court...more

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Small Business Lending Market Rank & Share Report

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2022 CRA Aggregate & Disclosure Data was finally released last week, on December 21 by the FFIEC. GeoDataVision has now compiled the data into a variety of market reports that are invaluable for market analysis as well as...more

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President Biden Vetoes Congressional Override of CFPB Section 1071 Small Business Lending Rule

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As previously reported, the U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 221-202, voted under the Congressional Review Act to override the CFPB’s final Section 1071 small business lending rule (1071 Rule), and the U.S. Senate,...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - November 2023

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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Texas federal district court issues preliminary injunction enjoining CFPB from implementing and enforcing small business lending...

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The Texas federal district court hearing the lawsuit challenging the validity of the CFPB’s final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Rule) has issued an order that preliminarily enjoins the CFPB from...more

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Kentucky Federal District Court Issues Order Enjoining the CFPB From Enforcing the Small Business Data Collection Rule as to All...

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On September 14th, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted the plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the CFPB from implementing the Small Business Lending Rule (“Rule”) promulgated under...more

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CFPB files opposition to preliminary injunction motion of plaintiffs in Kentucky lawsuit challenging CFPB’s small business lending...

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The CFPB has filed its opposition to the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiffs in the Kentucky federal court lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule)....more

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Nonbank floorplan lender and trade association for nonbank providers of equipment and vehicle financing file motion seeking to...

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Yet another unopposed emergency motion for leave to intervene has been filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule).  The latest proposed intervenors are XL Funding, LLC d/b/a...more

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CFPB releases update for small business lending data filing instructions guide

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The CFPB has released an update to the Filing Instructions Guide for Small Business Lending Data. The Guide is intended to serve as a set of resources for entities who will be required to file small business lending data with...more

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Further thoughts on the lawsuit filed in Kentucky challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule

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We recently reported that the Kentucky Bankers Association and several Kentucky banks filed a lawsuit against the CFPB in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky alleging that the CFPB’s final small...more

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Texas federal court grants motion of community bank and community bank trade groups for leave to intervene in lawsuit challenging...

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Two new developments occurred recently in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule)....more

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