CFPB Prioritizing Resources Against Racial Bias in Home Appraisals
The CFPB hosted a roundtable to discuss biases that come from home valuations, and explored how to remedy the problem.
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Protecting consumers through a pandemic: 2020 Fair Lending Report to Congress
This report describes our fair lending activities in supervision, enforcement, guidance and rulemaking, interagency coordination, and outreach and education for calendar year 2020.
The Bureau is taking action to build a more inclusive financial system
The CFPB is taking steps to help create real and sustainable changes in our financial system so that African Americans and other minorities have equal opportunities to build wealth and close the economic divide.
Protecting consumers and encouraging innovation: 2019 Fair Lending Report to Congress
This report describes our fair lending activities in innovation, outreach, prioritization, guidance and rulemaking, supervision, and enforcement for calendar year 2019.
A report on the Bureau’s Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility Symposium
This report on the Bureau’s September 17th, 2018 Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility Symposium summarizes the panel discussions that took place during the event and highlights the key themes that stood out from those conversations.
Encouraging innovation in expanding credit access: 2018 Fair Lending Report to Congress
This report describes our fair lending activities in supervision, enforcement, guidance and rulemaking, interagency coordination, and outreach for calendar year 2018.
Promoting fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit: 2017 Fair Lending Report
The Bureau’s annual Fair Lending Report to Congress highlights 2017 work to promote fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit.
What you need to know to get money from the settlement with BancorpSouth Bank for alleged discrimination
Here’s what you need to know to get money from the settlement with BancorpSouth Bank for alleged mortgage lending discrimination against African-American consumers.
African-American and Hispanic borrowers harmed by Provident will receive $9 million in compensation
Provident borrowers who were charged higher broker fees will receive compensation.
Fair lending priorities in the new year
A
look at the CFPB’s fair lending focus in the new year.
La delimitación ilegal: Acción del CFPB y del Departamento de Justicia requiere que el banco BancorpSouth pague millones de dólares a consumidores perjudicados
El banco BancorpSouth pagará $10.6 millones para responder al problema de la delimitación ilegal y otras alegaciones de discriminación, luego de que por...
Redlining: CFPB and DOJ action requires BancorpSouth Bank to pay millions to harmed consumers
BancorpSouth Bank will pay $10.6 million to address redlining and other discrimination claims. After, for the first time, we used undercover testers to help...
Usted tiene derecho a que lo traten de manera justa en el mercado financiero
El garantizar un acceso equitativo y anti-discriminatorio en el proceso de obtener crédito apunta a la esencia misma de la misión del CFPB de proteger a los...
You have the right to be treated fairly in the financial marketplace
Ensuring fair and nondiscriminatory access to credit goes to the core of the Bureau's mission of protecting consumers and promoting openness in America's...
Hudson City Savings Bank to pay $27 million to increase access to credit in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods it discriminated against
The complaint alleges that Hudson City redlined by locating its branches and selecting mortgage brokers nearly all outside of majority-Black-and-Hispanic...
National City Bank settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
Last year, together with the Department of Justice, we filed a complaint against National City Bank (National City) for discriminating in mortgage loan...
Developing standards for assessing diversity policies
We are tasked, along with other agencies, by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, to develop standards that can be used...
Continuing our promise of diversity
Today is my first day as the Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the CFPB. I'm coming to the CFPB after serving nine years at the U.S...
Fulfilling our commitment to diversity
In the months since the CFPB officially opened its doors, the Bureau has been moving at full speed to engage consumers and bring greater transparency to the...
Addressing credit discrimination
The CFPB is the first federal agency with the primary mission of making consumer financial markets work for American consumers. Congress charged us with...