The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today released lists of rural counties and rural or underserved counties to use in 2017 in conjunction with the bureau’s Ability-to-Repay, escrow, HOEPA and appraisal rules. Rural counties were generally defined by using a U.S. Department of Agriculture classification system and underserved counties were defined by data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the CFPB said. Lists are available for download as Excel, CSV or PDF files.
FCC proposes ‘robocall scorecard’ to rate voice service providers
The FCC is seeking public comment on creating a “robocall scorecard” to measure how voice service providers are protecting consumers from illegal calls. In related news, the commission booted 14 providers from the U.S. telecommunications network.









