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CFPB issues 2014 fair lending report

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a fair lending report covering its fair lending activities during 2014. The report states that in 2014, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $224 million in remediation.

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Why are banks slow to adapt alternative credit data? I'll tell you why!

Jeff For Banks

The banking system is stable, which is critical to national and state economies. So what am I talking about, that deposit insurance is why banks don't do like FinTech lending firms and use alternatives to the FICO score in underwriting consumer credits? They have to find out later, after a bureaucrat in Washington does a white paper.

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Regulatory and litigation risks to consumer financial services providers highlighted in Ballard Spahr webinar on COVID-19 crisis fallout

CFPB Monitor

Roddy discussed the emergency debt collection regulation issued by the Massachusetts AG and the possibility of state UDAP claims based on collection activities during the crisis. Another potential area of risk highlighted by Chris Willis was fair lending issues that could arise from the handling of modification and forbearance requests.

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Director Chopra goes on the record with media

CFPB Monitor

Because the issuance of such an interpretation would represent a significant change in the application of EFTA/Regulation E liability protections, we believe such a change should be the subject of notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures, either as an amendment to Regulation E or to the Official Staff Commentary, or both. .

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Top 5 Scores Posts of 2020: Keeping Credit Flowing During Uncertain Times

FICO

For example, during the Great Recession, the average national FICO® Score didn’t hit its lowest point until late 2009, well after the recession was underway. “In lending decisions (Mercator Advisory Group Analyst Report 2018). The FICO® Score is the industry standard in credit scoring, used in more than 90 percent of U.S.

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Community groups want CFPB action on small business lending data collection rules

CFPB Monitor

A recent American Banker article written by officials of three community groups urges President Obama to publicly denounce Director Cordray for failing to issue regulations implementing the small business lending data requirements of Dodd-Frank Section 1071.

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New plaintiffs join lawsuit against CFPB for delaying Section 1071 implementation

CFPB Monitor

In April 2011, the CFPB issued guidance indicating that it would not enforce Section 1071 until it issued implementing regulations. In May 2017, the CFPB issued a RFI and a white paper on small business lending in conjunction with a field hearing on small business lending.