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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. Clayton County, Georgia (140 S.

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SCOTUS decision on Title VII sexual orientation discrimination has significant implications for credit arena

CFPB Monitor

Clayton County, Georgia , the U.S. The decision is likely to be relied on by regulators and private plaintiffs alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or the Fair Housing Act based on sexual orientation discrimination. Earlier this week, in Bostock v.

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HUD Acting Assistant Secretary issues directive to enforce FHA to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination: What are the implications for the CFPB?

CFPB Monitor

Clayton County, Georgia , in which the Court ruled that firing an employee for being homosexual or transgender constitutes discrimination based on the employee’s sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The Executive Order cites the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year in Bostock v. citations omitted). (citations omitted).

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PLI 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute – 25% discount available

CFPB Monitor

The Institute is considered the country’s premier consumer financial services CLE program and this year’s Institute will once again explore in detail important developments in consumer financial services regulation and litigation. The leadership and priorities of the CFPB, OCC, FDIC, and FTC have changed under the Trump Administration.

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Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation, discusses final innovation policies in Ballard Spahr webinar

CFPB Monitor

It also announced the creation of the American Financial Innovation Network (AFIN), a network of federal and state regulators to facilitate innovation, and issued its first NAL under the final revised policy. Both Alan and James praised the Bureau’s efforts under its new leadership, with Alan referring to them as “refreshing.”).

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

What is interesting about the success of Bank of the Ozarks and its CEO is the fact that he wasn''t the "experienced banker" regulators almost insist upon when approving the appointment of bank leadership. Bank of the Ozarks and their regulators were not so myopic in their view. How did they grow so quickly?

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Financial Policy Predictions 2021: Meaningful Changes Ahead

FICO

Regulators launched a series of financial inclusion initiatives including the OCC’s Project REACh aimed, in part, at expanding access to credit for the non-scorable population and NCUA’’s ACCESS which features four pillars focused on credit, education, stability, and support.