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[ March 31, 2025 ] OCC reverses course on climate-related principles; large banks no longer must follow OCC
[ March 31, 2025 ] Bureau follows law, makes 2024 loan level data under HMDA available CFPB
[ March 31, 2025 ] NCUA bars 6 from future work in federally insured financial institutions NCUA
[ March 28, 2025 ] CRA resumes six-year ping-pong role as banking agencies announce intent to rescind latest version adopted two years ago FDIC
[ March 28, 2025 ] CFPB ‘will not prioritize’ enforcement, supervision of payday rule penalty limits CFPB

Agency recognizes first standard-setting group for ‘open banking;’ conditions apply to five-year approval

January 9, 2025 0

A non-profit organization operating in the United States and Canada is the first to be recognized as a standard-setting body for open banking, the federal consumer financial protection agency said late Wednesday. The application by […]

Final rule limiting use of medical information by creditors, including eligibility for credit, given green light

January 7, 2025 0

A regulatory exception that previously permitted a creditor to obtain or use medical information, including medical debt information, is removed under a new rule on medical debt collection issued Tuesday by the federal consumer financial […]

CFPB, citing ‘sham investigations,’ says Experian failed consumers who disputed credit report data; suit seeks redress, fines

January 7, 2025 0

A lawsuit alleging that consumer reporting agency Experian unlawfully failed to properly investigate consumers’ disputes over information in their credit reports was filed Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB said that […]

CFPB sues Berkshire Hathaway affiliate that it says pushed people into unaffordable mobile home loans

January 6, 2025 0

A suit filed Monday by the federal consumer financial protection agency says that a financing unit of Clayton Homes, Inc. – the largest manufactured home builder in the U.S. and a wholly owned subsidiary of […]

Charging $10 million in illegal deposit junk fees charged to drivers, CFPB sues WalMart, fintech

December 23, 2024 0

One of the nation’s largest retailers and a financial technology (fintech) firm were sued Monday for alleged illegal opening of accounts for delivery drivers and the two harvesting more than $10 million in “junk fees,” […]

Scheme to illegally steer business to Rocket Mortgage draws CFPB suit

December 23, 2024 0

Rocket Homes and The Jason Mitchel Group were sued by the consumer financial protection agency Monday over allegations of illegal kickbacks for mortgage, title and escrow referrals in violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures […]

Three of nation’s largest banks sued for allowing ‘fraud to fester’ on Zelle payment network

December 20, 2024 0

Claiming three of the largest banks in the country allowed “fraud to fester” on an online payment provider, resulting in more than $870 million lost by customers over seven years, the federal consumer financial protection […]

Bureau warns against ‘illegal’ devaluing of rewards points by credit card firms; calls actions ‘bait and switch’

December 18, 2024 0

Some credit card companies operating rewards programs may be breaking the law, including by illegally devaluing rewards points and airline miles, the federal consumer financial protection agency warned Wednesday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), […]

Final rule bans lenders from ‘setting borrowers up to fail’ through PACE loans for solar panels, disaster readiness

December 17, 2024 0

Lenders would be banned from “setting borrowers up to fail” for loans on clean energy – such as those for solar panels — and disaster readiness loans paid back through property tax bills under a […]

Report targets ‘unlawful activities’ across student loan markets as repayment pause lifted

December 16, 2024 0

A range of alleged unlawful activities identified across student loan markets – including in refinancing, servicing and debt collection – and involving both federal and private loans is outlined in report issued Monday by the […]

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OCC reverses course on climate-related principles; large banks no longer must follow

March 31, 2025 0

Large financial institutions will no longer have to deal with principles for climate-related financial risk management under a decision issued Monday by the national bank regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the principles (adopted in [...]
Bureau follows law, makes 2024 loan level data under HMDA available

March 31, 2025 0

Loan-level information for 2024 filed by banks but edited to protect consumer privacy was released Monday by the federal consumer financial protection agency, as required by law. The data, collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Modified Loan Application [...]
NCUA bars 6 from future work in federally insured financial institutions

March 31, 2025 0

Six former credit union employees, two of them former CEOs, were barred in March from any future involvement in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution, the National Credit Union Administration said Monday. In all, the agency said it [...]
CRA resumes six-year ping-pong role as banking agencies announce intent to rescind latest version adopted two years ago

March 28, 2025 0

The regulation implementing anti-redlining laws will change for a third time in the last six years, according to the federal banking regulators who have agreed to rescind the latest changes adopted in 2023, the agencies said Friday. In joint releases, [...]
CFPB ‘will not prioritize’ enforcement, supervision of payday rule penalty limits

March 28, 2025 0

Penalties or fines related to the payment withdrawal and payment disclosure provisions of the agency ‘s 2017 payday rule will not be an enforcement or supervision priority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) beginning March 30, when the rule [...]
Calling past crypto approach ‘flawed,’ FDIC gives banks green light on ‘permissible’ activities

March 28, 2025 0

Banks may “engage in permissible crypto-related activities” without receiving prior approval from the federal bank deposit insurance agency, it said in a financial institution letter (FIL) issued Friday. The guidance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) essentially mirrors [...]
Bureau moves to vacate settlement over ‘redlining’ against small firm

March 28, 2025 0

Calling it a “harassment saga,” the consumer financial protection agency moved March 26 to vacate a 2024 settlement reached between it and a firm it previously alleged had violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and its regulation B. The Consumer [...]