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Federal DC Court Overturns Closed-End Loan HMDA Reporting Threshold

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The court noted the plaintiffs asserted “that HMDA data have been invaluable in ‘uncovering and addressing redlining, fair lending violations, and other inequitable lending practices’ over the decades.” Additionally, a number of the new data reporting items are complex.

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Court Rules in Favor of HUD in Disparate Impact Rule Case

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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Fair Housing Act (Act), the federal district court in Washington, DC granted HUD’s motion for summary judgment. Continue Reading

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China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight

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New rules would require online lending companies like Ant to provide 30 percent of funding for loans, and firms would be banned from operating outside provincial bases without approval from a watchdog, Bloomberg said. And those lending in multiple provinces would have to have 5 billion yuan in registered capital at a minimum.

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CFPB announces advisory committee members

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Eric Kaplan, Director of the Housing Finance Program, Milken Institute (Washington, DC), was appointed to serve as CAB Chairperson. Nikitra Bailey, EVP, Center for Responsible Lending (Durham, NC). Jean Setzfand, Senior Vice President, AARP (Washington, DC). Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman Consumer and Business Banking, U.S.

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Wells Fargo Says Lift Asset Cap To Helps SMBs

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Now, the bank said it can only lend $10 billion of the overall $350 billion the government wants to be sent out to mitigate damage to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners during the coronavirus pandemic. And the bank will be donating all fees from the program to nonprofits that support SMBs during the pandemic.

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Regulation by Enforcement is Dead

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Addressing the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2018 Annual Convention in Washington, DC on October 15, 2018, BCFP Acting Director Mick Mulvaney advised that regulation by enforcement is dead, and that he does not care much for regulation by guidance either. He noted to the members that they have a right to know what the law is.

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Four Amicus Briefs Filed in All American Check Cashing Case Addressing Constitutionality of CFPB Structure

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Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, Tzedek DC, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc.; The Appleseed Foundation, Inc.

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