On March 28, 2025, the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board and the OCC issued a joint press release to announce their intent to issue a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule issued in October 2023 and reinstate the CRA Framework that existed prior to the October 2023 final rule. The goal of […]
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Application dates are sometimes a foreign concept in commercial lending. However, now that 1071 is a reality, commercial divisions everywhere will have asked themselves, “When do I have a completed application?” and perhaps the most important question of the day, “What will define my application date?” In commercial lending, it’s not as simple to determine
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Establishing a 1071 Implementation Committee is essential for your institution to ensure Regulation 1071 compliance. Your committee’s first order of business is preparing a risk assessment and reviewing the regulation to determine its impact on your processes and procedures. It also manages the project, prepares progress reports for stakeholders, addresses problems like delays and lack
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On September 29, 2022, FinCEN issued a final rule for Beneficial Ownership Reporting to support law enforcement efforts. The rule establishes timeframes for legal entities to report beneficial ownership information FinCEN as required by the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). According to the publication, FinCEN will have rulemakings to: Establish rules for who may access the
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Answer: Since the property is being deeded over to the borrower, the borrower is essentially purchasing the property for what is remaining Yes. Although no new money is being advanced, this is a new HELOC that will allow a customer to redraw on funds from the line once the loan is paid down. The Right
It’s more than just saying “No” When are adverse action notices required? Adverse action notices requirements for denied deposit accounts Adverse action notice requirements for commercial customers Notice of incompleteness requirements How should files be documented when a customer withdraws an application. What’s the difference between a withdrawn application and an application which was approved
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Joint intent exceptions are a common finding in our compliance reviews. We have found that there are misconceptions on what constitutes joint intent and how it should be documented; most of the questions come from commercial versus consumer mortgage loan officers. Many of the questions we are asked include: Isn’t the joint financial statement enough
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The passing into law of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) provided institutions with a partial exemption of some data fields under HMDA. One of the fields in the exemption is the Universal Loan Identifier (ULI) and allows institutions to report a Non-Universal Loan Identifier (NULI). The difference between the two
You must admit, defining what is a business day when it comes to lending regulations can be very confusing. Based on the questions we get from clients during our compliance reviews and through our compliance hotline, we find that lending staff is inconsistent and uncertain on how to count business days versus calendar days when
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