Special Release

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amended the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z), adjusting the asset-size exemption thresholds for banks, savings associations and credit unions. Like the CRA thresholds, the adjustments are due to the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage […]

FinCEN and the regulators kicked off the holiday season by providing the industry with some clarification on the BSA implications of banking hemp-related businesses. In the News Release and Guidance, FinCEN said: “Because hemp is no longer a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, banks are not required to file a Suspicious

The Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jointly issued an increase in the exemption thresholds, which are tied to the Consumer Price Index, for Regulation Z and Regulation M exemptions. Loans or leases at or below the thresholds are subject to the protections of the regulations. The regulators have released the new

It’s that time again. The NMLS 2019 Annual Renewal Period will begin November 1 and end December 31. Companies and individuals can prepare by making sure the information on their NMLS record is up to date. During this time, companies can complete their annual attestation that their record is up to date, pay their NMLS

On October 10, 2019, the CFPB released a final rule (not yet published in the Federal Register) extending the current 500 open-end credit threshold until January 1, 2022. This new rule is effective on January 1, 2020. In addition to the rule above, the Bureau has issued an Executive Summary and an “unofficial, informal” redline

Get ready to update those policies and procedures! On September 27, 2019, the OCC, FDIC and FRB, in concurrence with the CFPB, published a revision to the appraisal rules at 12 CFR 34, 225 and 323 increasing the threshold amount where a residential real estate transaction requires a state-licensed, certified appraiser from $250,000 to $400,000.

Well, the CFPB is well on the way! On September 25, 2019, they released the 2020 HMDA Filing Instructions Guide (FIG) for data collected in 2020 and reported in 2021. Besides timing and changing references of “2019” to “2020,” the changes appear to be items like updated descriptions and instructions for certain fields and revisions

On the eve of National Compliance Officer Day (and ironically when TCA published a discussion on banking industrial hemp), the United States House of Representatives passes H.R.1595 Safe Banking Act of 2019 which, if signed into law, would protect financial institutions from examiner criticism for providing banking services to cannabis-related businesses. The bill provides for

The CFPB has released the public disclosures for HMDA data submitted for calendar year 2018. HMDA reporting institutions can go to the FFIEC HMDA Data Publication section of the CFPB website and download their disclosure tables. As the tables are no longer required to be made a part of your CRA Public File, you can

Based on the 1.9% increase in the Consumer Price Index in effect on June 1, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a number of new thresholds which go into effect on January 1, 2020. They include: The minimum interest charge disclosure threshold of $1.00 under the CARD Act will remain unchanged. (1026.6(b)(2)(iii) and