CUNA backs proposed delay of payday rule, calls for changes

CUNA supports supposed the proposed delay of the compliance date for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) payday lending rule, but also supports a delay of the entire rule, it wrote to the CFPB Monday. CUNA sent it letter in response to a proposed delay of the mandatory underwriting provisions to the rule to Nov. 19, 2020 (originally set for Aug. 19, 2019.).

CUNA believes the proposed delay would provide credit unions an opportunity to adequately prepare for implementation.

“Given the Payday Rule’s broad scope and the pending challenge to the rule’s legality in federal court, the Bureau should delay the rule in its entirety rather than merely delaying the ability-to-repay (ATR) provisions that are the subject of the rescission proposal,” the letter reads. “A delay of the entire rule is especially warranted if the CFPB intends to amend other aspects of the rule, such as the payments provisions, in the near term.”

CUNA believes the CFPB’s approach to regulating payday lending should be consistent with several broad objectives:

 

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