On September 20, the Senate Banking Committee held its first hearing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services space, further revealing a partisan divide regarding the utilities and risks associated with the technology.
On September 27, the CFPB released its annual report on residential mortgage lending activity and trends for 2022. Under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), the CFPB requires financial institutions to collect and provide loan-level information on mortgage loan applications and originations.
Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) filed an amici curiae brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse a district court’s decision finding a furnisher’s investigation of a consumer’s dispute and subsequent furnishing of the disputed information to be reasonable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has announced proposed amendments to its debt collection rules. The DCWP will hold a public hearing (PDF) at 11 a.m. Nov. 29, 2023, to discuss the proposal and take comments. Written comments on the proposed rules are due by that date.
For the month of July, 2.7% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 0.3 percentage point decrease compared with 3% in July 2022 and a 0.1% increase from June 2023.