March 2026

Updated October 20, 2026: new section on the CFPB's 2025 fair lending report. Fair lending compliance is not only about passing your next exam. It is about being able to show that your institution treats every applicant consistently, and being able to show it with evidence you generated yourself rather than evidence an examiner generated for you. A thorough self-assessment identifies potential issues before examiners do, demonstrates proactive risk management, and protects the institution from enforcement actions that begin as findings nobody looked for. This guide walks through a comprehensive fair lending self-assessment using the same methodology regulators use when they examine an institution. The ten steps are in the order an examiner would work through them, which is also the…

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