CFPB · Final rule FR Doc. 2025-18622 · Published

CFPB Procedures for Supervisory Designation Proceedings: Rescission of 2022–2024 Amendments

The CFPB rescinds its 2022, November 2022 and 2024 amendments to the procedures for supervisory designation of nonbank covered persons, restores confidential treatment of decisions and orders, and reinstates a recommended determination by a "recommending official". It keeps a few limited 2024 process adjustments, such as an initiating official reply and video oral responses.

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Loan impact

From the rule text · verified

Applies to: Nonbank covered persons that may be subject to CFPB supervisory designation proceedings under 12 CFR part 1091; no loan-level requirements.

Affected area
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Oct 27, 2025
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  • affected areas“The final rule would apply to covered persons as defined in the CFPA, which are generally entities that engage in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service.”

What changed

From the rule text · Sections 1091.115(c), 1091.101, 1091.108, 1091.105(f)
RequirementPreviouslyNow
Decisions and orders treated as confidential supervisory information (public release rescinded)RemovedSection 1091.115(c)Previously: The Director could publicly release final decisions and orders designating respondents for supervision.Decisions and orders in supervisory designation proceedings are confidential supervisory information and not publicly released.
Recommended determination by a recommending official reinstatedChangedSection 1091.101, 1091.108Previously: The 2024 rule removed the role of the Associate Director of SEFL in providing a recommended determination before the Director's final determination.A recommending official designated by the Director makes a recommended determination to the Director.
Initiating official reply to written response retainedClarifiedSection 1091.105(f)Not statedInitiating official may file a reply within 21 days of a respondent's written response.
Other 2024 changes not retainedRemovedNot statedOther 2024 changes (notice elements, withdrawal of notices, time and word limits, methods of service, multiple respondents, issue exhaustion) are not retained.

What to do

AWACS interpretation · not source language

What to review: First confirm whether the lender is a nonbank covered person that could face a CFPB supervisory designation proceeding under 12 CFR part 1091; if so, note that none of the changes are mandatory. The rule, effective October 27, 2025, restores confidential treatment of decisions and orders and reinstates a recommended determination by a recommending official. It keeps the initiating official's optional reply within 21 days of a written response, and it does not keep the other 2024 changes.

QC implications

  • No loan-level testing is needed, since the record states there are no loan-level requirements.
  • If the lender is a nonbank covered person that could face a supervisory designation proceeding, QC may confirm that compliance knows decisions and orders in these proceedings are treated as confidential supervisory information and are not publicly released.

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