The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will increase its efforts in 2017 to prevent credit discrimination and improve credit access, according to a blog post published on the CFPB website today. Specifically, the bureau will investigate “redlining” issues to determine whether lenders have intentionally avoided lending in minority neighborhoods. It will also evaluate whether women and minorities experience discrimination when applying for credit, or experience greater difficulty when attempting to work out payment arrangements with servicers for student loans or home mortgages.
ABA joins with consumer rights group to protect fraud alerts
ABA joined with the National Consumer Law Center and ACA International in proposing to the FCC a rewrite of the “revoke all” rule. The rule is set to take effect on January 31, 2027, but the FCC is...








