🚗CFPB Seeks Comments on Auto Loan Survey
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requests the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) approval of an information collection titled "Auto Loan Survey."
Learn More📑CFPB Rescinds Guidance on Earned Wage Products
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this advisory opinion to rescind an advisory opinion it issued in November 2020 that described how one particular type of "earned wage" product does not involve the offering or extension of "credit" as that term is defined in the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z.
Learn More🚫New CFPB Rule Prohibits Medical Debt in Credit Decisions
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.
Learn More🏦CFPB Announces New Compliance Assistance Sandbox Policy for Businesses
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this policy statement on Compliance Assistance Sandbox (Policy), which is intended to further objectives under Section 1021 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
Learn More💼CFPB No-Action Letters Policy
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this policy statement on No-Action Letters (Policy), which is intended to further objectives under section 1021 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
Learn More🌱CFPB Releases Environmental Assessment on PACE Loan Regulations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this finding of no significant impact and accompanying environmental assessment regarding the CFPB's consideration of a proposed rule to implement a Congressional mandate to establish consumer protections for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Based on the environmental assessment, the CFPB has concluded that there will be no significant effects on the human environment from the proposed PACE rule, and therefore, a finding of no significant impact is appropriate.
Learn More💼New PACE Financing Regulations
Section 307 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to prescribe ability-to-repay rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and to apply the civil liability provisions of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) for violations. PACE financing is financing to cover the costs of home improvements that results in a tax assessment on the real property of the consumer. In this final rule, the CFPB implements EGRRCPA section 307 and amends Regulation Z to address how TILA applies to PACE transactions.
Learn More📈CFPB Civil Penalty Adjustments
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of each civil penalty within the CFPB's jurisdiction. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The inflation adjustments mandated by the Inflation Adjustment Act serve to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to promote compliance with the law.
Learn More🔍CFPB Proposes Rescindment of Privacy Act Records System Notice
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposes to rescind existing system of records "CFPB.003 Non-Depository Institution Supervision Database." Records maintained under this system of records have been consolidated into the modified "CFPB.002 Supervision and Examination Records."
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