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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

Under the leadership of Acting CFPB Director Dave Uejio, the Bureau issued an interpretive rule on March 9, 2021 clarifying that the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and Regulation B includes sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.