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Lending Climate in America – 1st Quarter 2025 Survey

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1. Factors with Strongest Potential to Affect Near-Term Economy Respondents were asked, over the next six months, which two factors had the strongest potential to affect the economy. Even though the 2024 election is in the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Passes Law Expanding Mortgage Borrower Protections

Effective November 23, 2024, the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending (the “DSML”) adopted new rules affecting mortgage loan companies, mortgage bankers, individual residential mortgage loan originators, and...more

Stinson LLP

Trump's First 100 Days: Banking & Financial Services

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While existing regulations won't be erased overnight, the Trump Administration can quickly rescind informal agency guidance, including advisory opinions, interpretive rules and policy statements, creating opportunities for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Study Finds Differential Treatment in the Small Business Lending Market

On November 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a “pilot study” on the small business lending market revealing “significant disparities” in how lenders treat black and white small business owners. As part of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCC Issues Guidance on Refinance Risk in Commercial Lending

On October 3, the OCC issued Bulletin 2024-29, providing guidance for managing credit risk in connection with refinancing commercial loans.  The bulletin is directed at all banks with commercial loan portfolios, and...more

J.S. Held

Lending Climate in America – 2nd Quarter 2024 Survey

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With inflation continuing to impact the US economy, lenders are focused on the economic impact of elevated interest rates. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the next six months...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trade Groups Continue Fight Against CFPB’s 1071 Small Business Rulemaking

In the latest development to challenges to the CFPB’s 1071 rulemaking, plaintiff trade associations, including the American Bankers Association and the Texas Bankers Association, have filed a motion for summary judgment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bank Groups Sue to Overturn New Community Lending Rules

On February 5, several trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, filed suit against the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, and the...more

J.S. Held

Lending Climate in America – 4th Quarter 2023 Survey

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Interest rates and inflation have been the big drivers of the US economy as of late, but lenders are increasingly optimistic for 2024, despite some challenges. Lenders foresee interest rate declines beginning in 2024 – with...more

Butler Snow LLP

Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule Update

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On October 24, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final rule to strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - October 2023 - 2

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

A&O Shearman

Regulatory monitoring Newsletter - September 2023

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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. In addition, we prepare an overview of articles and court decisions published in...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ESG, Homeoffice und Immobilien – BaFin veröffentlicht 7. MaRisk-Novelle

Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin“) hat am 29. Juni 2023 die siebte Novelle der Mindestanforderungen an das Risikomanagement der Banken („MaRisk“) veröffentlicht. Die MaRisk kodifizieren die...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Is Pricing All That Matters When Borrowing?

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For many borrowers, pricing is the most significant factor when deciding on a lender. If you are borrowing from a mid-market lender (MML), it is more than likely that the deal will be papered on that MML's standard form...more

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OCC Prevails in Challenge to “Valid When Made” Rule

On February 8, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against three states – California, Illinois, and New York – challenging the OCC’s rule on the “valid when made” doctrine. In 2020, the OCC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DFS Settles with Indirect Auto Lenders to Resolve Fair Lending Violations

On June 29, NYDFS announced that two New York-charted banks engaging in indirect auto lending will pay civil money penalties for violating New York’s fair lending law for engaging in practices that resulted in members of...more

A&O Shearman

The Reserve Bank of India relaxes restrictions on foreign lending

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a series of policy changes, which include (i) the relaxation of its External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) framework and (ii) the withdrawal of certain restrictions on investment by...more

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Australian Buy Now Pay Later Businesses Discuss the Utility of Open Banking Regime

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On 22 January 2018, two of the largest ‘buy now, pay later’ businesses in Australia, Afterpay and Zip.co, appeared at a hearing before the Senate’s Economic References Committee. During the Senate hearing, both Zip.co and...more

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FDIC Requests Comments on Small-Dollar Lending by Banks

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A recent FDIC request for information (RFI) suggests the FDIC is interested in enabling banks to offer small, short-term loans to consumers. Over the coming weeks the FDIC will be taking comments on the matter. After...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Agency Activity in Small-Dollar Lending

Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on issues related to small-dollar lending by FDIC-supervised financial institutions. ...more

Vedder Price

New OCC Guidance on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Ratings

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On October 12, 2017, the OCC issued OCC Bulletin 2017-40 announcing the release of its Policies and Procedures Manual 5000-43 (PPM 5000-43), which outlines the OCC’s policy and framework for how the agency determines...more

BCLP

HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders

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Bryan Cave attorney Jerry Blanchard joins hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler in the studio today to discuss High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) loans....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB extends comment period for small business lending RFI

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In a notice published in today’s Federal Register, the CFPB announced that it has extended the comment period on its small business lending RFI until September 14, 2017....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Treasury Department Report on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System

As required by the President’s Executive Order 13772 setting forth the core principles that should be taken into account in connection with the regulation of the U.S. financial system, the U.S. Treasury Department published a...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Dodd-Frank and Other Laws Facing Indefinite Future in 2017

As 2017 begins, financial markets and the regulators that oversee them are facing significant uncertainty. When President-elect Donald Trump assumes the Oval Office on Jan. 20, all indications suggest that it will mark a...more

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