News stories tagged CFPB

Bureau starts voluntary assessment of HMDA

(Nov. 24, 2021) Covering everything from the 2015 rule through last year’s revisions, a voluntary assessment of the CFPB’s Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule is underway, according to the...

CFPB reminds: mortgage disclosure data reporting adjusts

(Nov. 19, 2021) The threshold adjusts to 200 open-end lines of credit for reporting mortgage disclosure data at the start of the new year, CFPB reminded late last week. In...

Bureau asserts ‘name-only’ matching falls outside of FCRA

(Nov. 5, 2021) A consumer reporting agency that uses “name-only” matching procedures is not using reasonable procedures mandated under federal consumer protection laws, the CFPB said this week. In an...

New leader cites triad of key goals for CFPB

(Oct. 29, 2021) Stimulating greater competition in consumer financial markets, sharpening focus on repeat offenders, and restoring “relationship banking” make up the “path forward” for CFPB, its director told a...

Reminder: Use 2020 Census data for 2022 HMDA reporting

(Oct. 29, 2021) Credit unions, banks and other lenders should use census tract information provided in the 2020 Census for mortgage-related data collected beginning next year, CFPB said this week....

BRIEFLY: FedNow on track; Treasury scales back balance reporting proposal; Tech giants providing payment services ordered to give up info

(Oct. 22, 2021) “FedNow” – the Federal Reserve’s much-anticipated (and delayed) round the clock payment system – will be ready “sooner rather than later,” Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George...

Regulators ramp up guidance on LIBOR transition

(Oct. 22, 2021) Actions credit unions, banks and nonbanks alike should consider taking to ensure safe-and-sound practices during the transition away from the LIBOR reference rate were outlined in joint...

Chopra takes CFPB reins; taps senior staff

(Oct. 15, 2021) The CFPB has a new, permanent director (for a five-year term, at least – or until the president decides to make a change), who this week also...

Biz loan data collection proposal outlined

(Oct. 8, 2021) A summary of a proposal by the CFPB to collect business loan data from lenders has been published and posted by NASCUS. Comments on the proposal are...

BRIEFLY: Chopra confirmed as CFPB director; Ito on diversity panel

(Oct. 1, 2021) Rohit Chopra is now the permanent director of the CFPB, with a five-year term, thanks to a 50-48 vote by the Senate on Thursday. He took a...

CUs on notice: start submitting card data to CFPB

(Oct. 1, 2021) Credit unions may begin submitting data on credit card agreements with their members, and applying data submission requirements, to the CFPB’s website for collecting credit card information,...

States, FCUs split membership in CUAC

(Sept. 24, 2021) Four representatives of state-chartered credit unions are joining four representatives of federal credit unions as members of the CFPB’s Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), according to an...