Is This Prohibited Discrimination?

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Question:

I just started working at this company and I was told "we don't take Spanish loans" because of language barriers. I've been in the business for about 3 years and know that ECOA and HMDA have discrimination prohibitions, but can't find anything about a language barrier. Would this fall under discrimination based on "Race"?

Answer:

In my opinion you would be discriminating based on National Origin.

First published on BankersOnline.com 4/18/05