Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act of 2020 This bill applies specified commercial lending protections to small business lending and extends the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory authority regarding consumer financial products and services to include small business financing. Among other requirements, lenders offering financial products to small businesses must disclose the terms of the financing upon extending an offer and are prohibited from charging certain additional fees on a refinanced or modified loan. Additionally, the bill establishes an Office of Broker Regulation within the bureau to regulate brokers of small business financing.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial Sector
Banking and financial institutions regulationBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsConsumer Financial Protection BureauContracts and agencyCredit and credit marketsExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsFraud offenses and financial crimesInterest, dividends, interest ratesLicensing and registrationsSmall businessState and local government operationsUser charges and fees
Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-7889| House
| Updated: 7/30/2020
Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act of 2020 This bill applies specified commercial lending protections to small business lending and extends the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory authority regarding consumer financial products and services to include small business financing. Among other requirements, lenders offering financial products to small businesses must disclose the terms of the financing upon extending an offer and are prohibited from charging certain additional fees on a refinanced or modified loan. Additionally, the bill establishes an Office of Broker Regulation within the bureau to regulate brokers of small business financing.
Banking and financial institutions regulationBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsConsumer Financial Protection BureauContracts and agencyCredit and credit marketsExecutive agency funding and structureFinancial services and investmentsFraud offenses and financial crimesInterest, dividends, interest ratesLicensing and registrationsSmall businessState and local government operationsUser charges and fees