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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against Townstone Financial, Inc., a nonbank retail-mortgage creditor based in Chicago, for violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and its Regulation B as well as the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued members of a student debt relief network, settling with some of them, over violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has removed mandatory underwriting requirements from the final version of its 2017 small dollar lending rule.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed ending the current debt-to-income requirements behind qualified mortgage status under the Truth in Lending Act’s ability-to-repay requirements.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an online resource to help communities form networks to help prevent and respond to elder financial abuse.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance to mortgage servicers to assist in complying with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act provisions granting a right to forbearance to consumers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Main Street Personal Finance, Inc., and two of its subsidiaries have settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over consumer financial protection violations.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against Commonwealth Equity Group, LLC, which does business as Key Credit Repair, and its president and owner Nikitas Tsoukales.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors have issued a guide describing borrowers’ rights to mortgage payment forbearance and foreclosure protection under federal law.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a final rule covering remittances transfers which raises the reporting threshold for those institutions making relatively few annual remittances.