Legislation

CFPB proposes to reduce Reg B consumer protections; focus small-biz loan data collection on ‘truly small’ businesses

November 13, 2025 0

Changes to its Regulation B implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), including removal of provisions recognizing “disparate impact” and a narrowing of its small-business loan data collection requirements, are proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with public [...]
Agencies release CRA-required data on 2024 small business, farm, community development lending

November 13, 2025 0

Data on small business, small farm, and community development lending during 2024 – required by rules implementing anti-redlining laws – was released Thursday by federal banking agencies. In joint releases, the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [...]
Booklet on SCRA revised noting changes in risk-based supervision, removal of ‘reputation risk’

November 13, 2025 0

The risk-based supervision approach is now incorporated into a booklet used by the national bank regulator to assess compliance with statutes designed to provide protections to active-duty customers in the U.S. armed services, the agency said Thursday. The Office of [...]
CFPB: DOJ office finds bureau may not legally draw funds ‘at this time’

November 12, 2025 0

The consumer bureau charged with consumer financial protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) may not legally request funds “at this time” from the Federal Reserve, the bureau said in a release Tuesday, Veterans Day. [...]
Concern over ‘policy uncertainty’ risks grows, with distress over ‘geopolitical’ risks rising sharply, Fed survey shows

November 12, 2025 0

“Policy uncertainty” has risen as a “salient risk” to the financial system, at least in the eyes of those working in the financial services industry, according to results of a Federal Reserve survey released Nov. 7. The survey was part [...]
FDIC reduces consumer compliance exam, CRA eval frequency for most

November 7, 2025 0

A revised consumer compliance examination manual provides for less-frequent consumer compliance exams for most supervised banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) said in a Financial Institution Letter (FIL) Friday. The agency said its updated manual also establishes a new [...]