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REDLINING IS ERUPTING

On October 22, 2021 redlining hell broke loose. Trustmark – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in cooperation with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), took action today to put an end to alleged redlining by Trustmark National Bank. The CFPB and DOJ allege that Trustmark discriminated against Black and Hispanic neighborhoods by deliberately not marketing, offering, or originating home loans to consumers in majority-Black and […]

EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PAYDAY LENDING RULES SET BY COURT

On August 31, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, granted the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau’s (CFPB) motion for summary judgment in Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd., Consumer Service Alliance of Texas v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [and its Director], and ordered that the August 19, 2019, compliance date of the “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans” Rule (12 CFR Part 1041 – Regulation OO) be stayed until […]