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.
OFAC issues sanctions tied to ATM jackpotting crimes
OFAC imposed sanctions on 10 targets with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization for its role in organizing a series of ATM jackpotting thefts across the U.S., orchestrated in part by one of the...








