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Michigan’s November 2022 Ballot to Include Fair Lending Proposal Capping Payday Loan Interest Rates

CFPB Monitor

Michiganders for Fair Lending – the initiative’s sponsor – collected over 570,000 signatures of which it submitted (after a quality control process) 405,265. If passed, Michigan would join 18 states plus the District of Columbia that have capped payday loan rates at 36% APR or less.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

While the legal status of banking cannabis-related businesses remains fuzzy at the federal level, community banks in some states are finding that, with proper controls, they’re able to enter this niche market and offer banking services to these local businesses. It’s a strategy that an increasing number of community banks are embracing.

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Federal DC Court Overturns Closed-End Loan HMDA Reporting Threshold

CFPB Monitor

The court noted the plaintiffs asserted “that HMDA data have been invaluable in ‘uncovering and addressing redlining, fair lending violations, and other inequitable lending practices’ over the decades.” Additionally, prior to that rule, the reporting of open-end lines of credit was optional, so there was no reporting trigger. .

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Industry trade groups urge HUD to make significant changes to its disparate impact rule; state attorneys general oppose changes

CFPB Monitor

Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. The trade groups’ views are set forth in comment letters submitted to HUD in response to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the need for revisions to the Rule following Inclusive Communities.

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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

CFPB Monitor

On September 5, 2018 a group of 14 state Attorneys General and the AG for the District of Columbia sent a comment letter to CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to refrain from “reexamining the requirements” of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). to discriminate against any person. to discriminate against any person.

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CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Clarifying that Sex Discrimination under ECOA and Regulation B Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

This letter marked a major victory for SAGE and other LGBTQ+ advocates, who claimed that their community faced discrimination from lenders for many years. Also, over 20 state laws and the District of Columbia already prohibit discrimination in credit transactions on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identity.

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More PPP Funds Would Help CDFIs Lend Money To Micro Businesses

PYMNTS

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are hoping more Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding is passed by Congress soon so that smaller businesses left behind can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Tuesday (April 14) report in the Wall Street Journal.