CFPB’s Questions to Banks Suggest New Frontiers in Fair-Lending Scrutiny

American Banker, Mar. 31, 2022–Jon Prior (subscription)
Questionnaires sent to banks in recent months seek information about loans to same-sex couples, women on maternity leave and people with limited English proficiency. Industry executives and attorneys say the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be offering hints about specific types of fair-lending cases it could pursue.
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