In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the April 2025 webinar....more
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
The Federal Reserve has announced that its FedNowSM Service, a new interbank settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments, went live on July 20 with 35 early-adopting banks and credit unions. The...more
Federal Reserve Revises Framework for Determining Control of a Banking Organization The Federal Reserve has adopted a final rule to simplify and clarify its regulations for determining control of a banking organization for...more
On August 31, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau“) issued an interpretative and procedural rule to implement and clarify the requirements of section 104(a) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and...more
• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which engendered substantial bipartisan support and was recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, amends parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) into law, taking the first step in paring back some of the post-crisis banking regulations imposed under...more
On February 1, the CFPB announced the launch of the 2018 HMDA LAR Formatting Tool (the “Tool”). The Tool will help financial institutions create an electronic file to submit HMDA data collected in 2018 and reported in 2019. ...more
On January 18, 2018, the House gave small lenders a late Christmas present when it passed H.R. 2954 known as the Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act. The act amends the existing Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by...more
The CFPB has launched a new online “Digital Check Tool” to be used by companies reporting HMDA data starting January 1, 2018. More specifically, the new tool supports the Universal Loan Identifier (ULI) requirements of the...more
The CFPB has announced that with regard to the collection in 2018 of the expanded data fields under the revised Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules, the CFPB does not intend to require data resubmission unless data...more
On Friday November 3, 2017 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the launch of the Internet-based platform that financial institutions will use to submit data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)....more
The federal banking agencies have issued guidance to financial institutions on the key data fields under the revised Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that will be used to test and validate the accuracy and...more
The CFPB recently posted on its website updated versions of guidance in connection with the revisions to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that become effective on January 1, 2018, and also posted a new guidance...more
In August 2017, we reported that the CFPB had given the mortgage industry a first look at the Internet-based platform it is developing for industry members to use to submit data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a second version of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C) Small Entity Compliance Guide. The updated version incorporates various changes to the HMDA rule that...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently posted on its website updated versions of guidance in connection with the revisions to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rules that become effective on January 1,...more
In this article, we review the requirements of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), highlighting key aspects of the many new and revised rules that will go into effect on January 1, 2018....more
In October 2015, the CFPB adopted significant changes to the rules under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Among the changes, the items of information to be collected and reported under HMDA are greatly expanded, with...more
As we previously reported, in October 2015, the CFPB adopted significant revisions to Regulation C, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule, most of which become effective January 1, 2018. As a result of the revisions,...more
On August 3, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided the mortgage industry with a first look at the portal to be used for the reporting of, and public access to, data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure...more
The CFPB issued HMDA Loan Scenarios on July 19, 2017 to provide additional guidance to the industry on reporting transactions under the revised HMDA rule, which has a January 1, 2018 effective date for most provisions....more
As we have previously reported, in October 2015 the CFPB adopted significant revisions to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule, most of which become effective January 1, 2018. Among the revisions, the reporting of...more
The CFPB has updated the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act guidance that is available on its resource webpage for HMDA filers. Updates were made to the Technology Preview, the Filing Instruction Guides for both data collected in...more
The U.S. Treasury Department recently issued a report titled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities-Banks and Credit Unions.” In addition to recommended changes for the CFPB, the report devotes substantial...more