CFPB Publishes Final Rule Adopting December 2011 Interim Final Rules

CFPB Agency Rule-Making & Guidance

On April 28, the CFPB published a final rule to adopt interim final rules issued in December 2011. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB has rulemaking authority for various consumer financial protection laws, as transferred from seven other federal agencies. Effective immediately, the final rule adopts without change (subject to any intervening final rules published by the CFPB) the 2011 versions of various rules, including but not limited to ECOA, TILA, the SAFE Act, FCRA, FDCPA, RESPA, GLBA, and HMDA.