Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s

Regulation B

Equal Credit Opportunity

12 CFR 1002; as amended effective December 1, 2025
Subpart A—General
  • Section
  • Authority, scope, and purpose
  • Definitions
  • Limited exceptions for certain classes of transactions
  • General rules
  • Rules concerning requests for information
  • Rules concerning evaluation of applications
  • Rules concerning extensions of credit
  • Special purpose credit programs
  • Notifications
  • Furnishing of credit information
  • Relation to state law
  • Record retention
  • Information for monitoring purposes
  • Rules on providing appraisals and other valuations
  • Incentives for self-testing and self-correction
  • Enforcement, penalties, and liabilities
Subpart B—Small Business Lending Data Collection
AUTHORITY: 12 U.S.C. 5512, 5581; 15 U.S.C. 1691b. Subpart B is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 1691c–2.

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The interpretations (also referred to as the official staff commentary) begin at 6-5154.