Monthly Archives: July 2020

Key Insights from the Townstone Financial Redlining Complaint

Download This Article In a recent Complaint filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) against Townstone Financial, Inc. (Townstone), the CFPB alleges that Townstone violated Fair Lending laws by redlining certain geographic areas. The Bureau also asserts that Townstone engaged in practices that discouraged, on the basis of race, potential applicants living in or [...]

July 28th, 2020|

Redlining Violations Include Discouragement and Low Application Volume

On July 15th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit against Townstone Financial, Inc. for violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Regulation B, and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). This case is interesting for several reasons, not the least of which are that – The CFPB suggests that the violations noted [...]

July 16th, 2020|

NAR and Quicken Loans ask HUD to Withdraw Proposed Amendments to Fair Housing Act

In recent days, both Quicken Loans, the nation’s largest lender, and The National Association of Realtors (NAR), the nations’ largest trade organization, have called on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withdraw its proposed rule to amend the HUD interpretation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard. Bill Emerson, vice chairman of Quicken Loans, [...]

July 15th, 2020|

OCC Releases Semiannual Risk Perspective – Warns of Covid-19 Related Increased Risk

On June 29th, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released its Semiannual Risk Perspective report, finding that due to the current COVID-19 pandemic will stress institutions' financial performance this year. The report also said that compliance risk is on the rise, in part because of federal programs related to the CARES Act and [...]

July 2nd, 2020|

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