On January 17, 2024, the CFPB proposed a 211-page rule to limit overdraft fees charged by the nation’s biggest financial institutions. The proposal is intended to close what the CFPB calls a loophole that exempts overdraft lending services from longstanding provisions of the Truth in Lending Act and other consumer financial protection laws. The CFPB stated that very large financial institutions have been issuing highly profitable overdraft loans, resulting in billions of dollars in revenue […]
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CFPB Piloting Disclosures for Construction Loans
Last week, the CFPB announced its approval of an application piloting disclosures for construction loans. In this initiative, the CFPB establishes guidelines for testing alternative disclosures in real-market scenarios, recognizing the enhanced accuracy of such tests compared to lab-based evaluations. The CFPB stated that testing in-market would allow them to gauge the potential necessity more accurately for regulatory adjustments. In short, lenders can now apply to test modified origination disclosures for construction loans to improve […]
UDAAP IS THE FOCUS OF THE CFPB’S SUPERVISORY HIGHLIGHTS SUMMER EDITION
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its 36-page Summer edition of Supervisory Highlights report which focuses on unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices across many consumers financial products. The latest edition of the Supervisory Highlights report covers findings from CFPB supervisory examinations completed from July 2022 to March 2023. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra stated that “Today’s report furthers our efforts to highlight conduct that violates federal law, including the prohibition on abusive […]
CFPB Responds to the TBA, ABA, and Rio Banks’ Lawsuit
On May 4, 2023, Compliance Resource blogged on the lawsuit challenging Section 1071 final rule, released by the CFPB in March of this year. The CFPB filed an opposition to the lawsuit in June claiming the plaintiffs have not established their standing for relief or that venue is proper in the Southern District of Texas because: Rio Bank alleged in the complaint that it made 409 small business and agricultural loans in 2022, per the […]
CFPB Released FAQs for Small Business Data Collection and Reporting
On June 28, 2023, the CFPB released a set of Frequently Asked Questions to address for determining institutional coverage focused on areas like: Financial Institution Coverage Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) Types of transactions Ag purpose credit Refinancings Temporary loans What to do if you did not collect Gross Annual Revenue for 2022 and 2023 Covered Credit Transactions and Small Businesses Covered credit transactions What is a small business Individuals and sole proprietorship The purpose of […]