Lender To 7th Circuit:  ECOA Discrimination Protection Not For Prospective Borrowers

(August 24, 2023, 8:53 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A lending and consulting company and its owner argue that discrimination protection of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) does not extend to prospective borrowers in urging the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a lower court’s dismissal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s complaint against them....