Industry participants and consumer advocates separately applauded the CFPB’s Section 1033 proposal on open banking. There were also plenty of suggestions for adjustments among the thousands of comment letters submitted.

Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate pushed CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to share more information on a data breach at the bureau earlier this year. Members of both parties also urged Chopra to engage more with state-level banking trade groups.

Regulators in New York and California are stepping up their notice requirements for security incidents. California is also in the process of enhancing consumer data rights.

The CFPB said several nonbanks that have come under its oversight following a procedural rule issued in November 2022 are cooperating with the agency to iron out compliance problems before it’s too late.

The $25 million settlement is the CFPB’s first enforcement action brought over information handling practices in processing mortgage payments. The settlement is tied to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

A pending initiative on personal data rights will entail CFPB rulemaking paired with private sector standard-setting activities, allowing market developments to guide the path toward “open banking.”

During hearings this month, Republicans said a recent data breach at the CFPB resulted from poor cybersecurity practices. They also complained the agency took too long to inform Congress of the problem.

The CFPB and five other federal agencies issued a joint proposed rule aiming to set quality control standards for the use of automated valuation models. Separately, regulators issued proposed guidance for reconsiderations of value.

The CFPB stressed that any use of a chatbot in customer service roles should meet financial institutions’ legal obligations. The bureau also outlined a series of problems reported in consumer complaints.

New APOR calculations; regulators help with LIBOR transition; CFPB puts credit reporting agencies on alert; data breach involving former CFPB employee; lender settles with Arizona AG.