New guidance from CFPB and DOJ aims to ease mortgage lender concerns over ECOA and immigration status in credit policies.

As 2026 kicks into high gear, all signs point to another year of jaw-dropping headlines as federal financial regulators move swiftly to implement ...

On November 13, 2025, the CFPB published in the Federal Register a significant proposed rule (the “Proposal”) that would ...

Joseph C. Savino and Stephanie Suarez discuss 'Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore,' in which the U.S. Supreme Court, asked to consider whether the provision of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that ...

CFA urges the CFPB to withdraw the proposal and reaffirm the Equal Credit Opportunity Act The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to abandon ...

CFPB and DOJ withdraw Biden-era guidance on using immigration status in credit decisions, clarifying ECOA fair-lending rules ...

Continuing to retreat from Biden-era rules, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice withdrew a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to eliminate protections against indirect discrimination from the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. On Thursday, the CFPB expects to publish a ...