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The Federal Reserve has announced that the agency will no longer assess reputational risk when examining banks’ risk management processes. According to the June 23 announcement, the Federal Reserve has already begun reviewing...more
Ever since the 1995 CRA rule was published bank regulators have mandated certain “community” and “market” benchmarks as the basis for rating bank performance under the CRA regulations. Most of that data is in the public...more
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
The U.S. Small Business Administration reinstated the Small Business Administration (SBA) Franchise Directory on June 1, 2025, reversing the 2023 decision to sunset the program. The Directory has long been the primary...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration confirmed this week that it will reinstate the SBA Franchise Directory on June 1, 2025, reversing the 2023 decision to sunset the program. The Directory has long been the primary...more
A number of states have considered - and some have enacted - laws to regulate strategic partnerships between banks and technology companies that act as service providers....more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the April 2025 webinar....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has revealed its intention to make changes to the small business loan data collection and reporting rule (1071 Rule) in light of continued opposition from financial institutions...more
On April 3, the CFPB informed a Florida federal district court that it plans to initiate new rulemaking to revise its small business lending data collection rule under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Bureau agreed to...more
In a pivotal development, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has stayed enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Small Business Lending Rule — also known as Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank...more
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
The new small business finance rule passed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requires “Covered” financial institutions to collect and report data on applications for credit for small businesses. This rule,...more
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
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
On November 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on matched-pair testing in small business lending, highlighting potential racial discrimination. The study reveals that Black small business...more
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
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
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
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
On August 26, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a decision upholding the legality of the CFPB Small Business Lending Rule (the “Rule”) (designed to implement section 1071 of the...more
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
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
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