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No AI Law? No Problem. How Massachusetts Attacked AI Underwriting Under Existing State Statutes

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On July 10, 2025, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) with a private student loan lender (the Company), resolving allegations that the Company's underwriting practices...more

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Double Clicking on Innovation in Consumer Finance: Responsible Use of AI

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous across sectors, and the financial services industry is no exception. With the rise of AI, there is also an increase in scrutiny by regulators over its use....more

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CFPB proposal signals a dramatic expansion of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to data brokers

On September 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an outline of expansive rulemaking proposals to modernize the coverage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to include data brokers, data...more

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CFPB Releases Blog Post Favoring Use of Self-Reported Cash Flow Data in Credit Underwriting

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On July 27, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new blog post, positing that cashflow data, broadly defined as the various inflows, outflows, and accumulated amounts in a consumer’s checking and savings...more

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CFPB Issues No Action Letter Related to Use of Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Model

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On November 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter​ to an online loan marketplace company for its artificial intelligence (AI) loan origination and underwriting platform.​ ...more

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CFPB Updates HMDA FAQs (UPDATED)

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The CFPB recently updated its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) FAQs to add two items regarding multiple data points....more

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CFPB Relaxes Underwriting Requirement for Small Dollar Lending

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule on July 7, 2020 rescinding the mandatory ability to repay underwriting provisions on small dollar loans that it had previously announced under 12 C.F.R. §...more

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CFPB, South Carolina, and Arkansas Sue High-Interest Credit Brokers

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On February 20, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, and Arkansas Attorney General’s Office announced? that they had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for...more

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Revising the Regulatory Definition of a Qualified Mortgage

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When the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) last summer issued its Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“ANPR”) to revise the definition of a “Qualified Mortgage” (“QM”) under the Dodd-Frank Act’s...more

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Federal banking agencies and CFPB issue interagency statement on use of alternative data in credit underwriting

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The OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, NCUA and CFPB have issued an “Interagency Statement on the Use of Alternative Data in Credit Underwriting.”...more

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Fintech in Brief: Interagency Statement on the Use of Alternative Data in Credit Underwriting

On December 3, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and National Credit Union...more

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Fintech in Brief: CFPB Blog Updates First No-Action Letter Results

On August 4, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a blog summarizing some of the results of simulations and analyses on an alternative data and credit model developed by Upstart Network, Inc....more

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CFPB Provides Some Clarity on Alternative-Data Models Through No-Action Letter

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On September 14, 2017, the CFPB issued a no-action letter – the first one ever issued by the agency – to a marketplace lender, stating that the agency had no present intention to take enforcement or supervisory action against...more

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Nutter Bank Report, July 2017

CFPB Arbitration Rule Will Prevent Firms From Blocking Class Action Lawsuits - The CFPB has approved a new rule that will prohibit banks and other covered providers of certain consumer financial products and services from...more

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