Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B); Extension of Compliance Dates

Document 2025-11244 is a Final Rule published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Federal Register on June 18, 2025, with an effective date of July 18, 2025. In light of court orders in ongoing litigation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates set forth in its 2023 small business lending rule, as amended by a 2024 interim final rule, and to make other date-related conforming adjustments. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11244/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b-extension-of-compliance.

No. Document 2025-11244 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.