The CFPB and other regulators have been trying to prod financial institutions into treating non-English-speaking consumers with more parity to English speakers.

The CFPB’s latest regulatory agenda includes some pending priorities and some new ones. Two of the new items would require nonbanks to register with the bureau.

State AGs weigh in on CFPB’s Supreme Court appeal; HMDA filing period opens; Community Reinvestment Act thresholds updated; CFPB asks for dismissal of UDAAP lawsuit; CFPB, FTC argue furnishers must investigate legal disputes; bureau penalizes remittances provider.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s semi-annual reports to Congress last week offered only a few snippets of policy news but featured much verbal sparring with Republicans.

The CFPB’s annual financial report showed an uptick in staffing and expenses but a significant increase in the civil money penalties collected. Victim compensation flagged a bit. (Includes data chart.)

The bureau, which is speeding things up to make sure the case is decided by June, says the Fifth Circuit decision contradicts the Constitution, historical practice, and case law.

CFPB finalizes rule on risk-based supervision expansions; Gruenberg renominated as FDIC chairman; FTC safeguards rule deadline extended; Supreme Court considers agency administrative proceedings.

Last month’s appeals court decision that the CFPB’s funding structure is unconstitutional has created a lot of uncertainty.

An executive at tech vendor Stavvy said the CFPB, instead of acknowledging the work done by servicers during the pandemic, was focusing on one or two servicers whose response time may have lagged.

Chopra says he wants “to more clearly communicate the agency’s expectations..."