Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
On February 18, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) published new “File Specifications” for data to be collected pursuant to the Home Mortgage...more
In response to a written request from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), penned a response dated December 29, 2015, addressing implementation...more
On October 15, 2015, the CFPB released a final rule amending Regulation C, 12 C.F.R. part 1003, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Like the August 2014 proposed rule, the final rule includes changes to...more
10/21/2015
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Covered Financial Institutions ,
Covered Transactions ,
Data Collection ,
Depository Institutions ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
HMDA ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Public Disclosure ,
Regulation C ,
Reporting Requirements
This will be a busy year at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that certainly means it will be a busy year for financial institutions as well.
In addition to exercising its supervisory and enforcement...more
1/26/2015
/ Automotive Loans ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Collection ,
ECOA ,
Financial Institutions ,
HMDA ,
Integrated Disclosures ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulation C ,
RESPA ,
Supervision ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP
On July 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published long-awaited proposed revisions to its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rules. The 573-page proposed rule would make sweeping changes to Regulation C, which...more
Last Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its long-awaited new proposed revisions to its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules. The 573-page proposed rules would make sweeping changes to...more
On January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued much-anticipated revisions to Regulation Z to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that require lenders to...more
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Financial Stability Reform; Resolution Planning; Agencies and Agency Oversight Reform; Securitization Reform; Derivatives Regulation; Investor Protection Reform; Credit Rating Agency...more
12/29/2012
/ Capital Requirements ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Governance ,
Credit Ratings ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Stability Acts ,
Foreign Banks ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages ,
Securitization ,
Servicing Policies ,
Volcker Rule