CFPB ends some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements (opens in new tab)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday ended some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements that have long protected different demographics' access to credit, loans and home ownership. Under the newly approved rule, lenders are no longer required to adhere to the 1974 Equal Credit ​Opportunity Act (ECOA). The law prevented disparate impact discrimination, which occurs...