The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
The FTC is responsible for ECOA enforcement and education regarding most non-bank financial service providers. In its 2018 summary, FTC staff describes the Commission’s work on ECOA-related policy issues, including activities addressed in research and policy development, such as:
The summary also outlines the Commission’s business and consumer education efforts on fair lending issues.
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