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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/206, supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR). The EBA is...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation on proposed amendments to the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) rulebook and FCA guidance on the de minimis threshold for the loan to income flow...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on July 10, 2024, announced a proposed rule that would require servicers to more intently assist borrowers throughout a "loss mitigation review cycle" before being permitted to...more
On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its long-awaited Mortgage Servicing Proposed Rule to amend Regulation X. ...more
In This Issue. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer charge lenders the Adverse Market Refinance Fee; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval to a third cryptocurrency firm chartering a national trust bank; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more
On April 5, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes amendments to its Mortgage Servicing Rule (the “Proposed Rule”) to provide additional assistance for...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently proposed certain amendments to the General Qualified Mortgage (QM) definition in Regulation Z and issued a filing rule extending the expiration of the...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 29, 2019, to once more delay, until March 25, 2020, the implementation of...more
On April 13, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued proposed amendments to clarify certain requirements of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). HMDA requires that financial institutions collect and...more
On April 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued proposed amendments to Regulation C (the implementing regulation for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act), to make technical corrections and to clarify certain...more
Editor's Note - Opposition Emerges to OCC FinTech Charter. In advance of the deadline to submit comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) paper proposing a federal FinTech charter, the Conference...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a proposed rule regarding integrated disclosure for mortgage transactions and, more recently, published a policy paper regarding loss mitigation programs in housing...more
The CFPB has issued a proposed rule with request for public comment containing both substantive amendments and technical corrections (collectively, Proposed Amendments) to the final TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID)...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued or perhaps had to issue a proposed amendment to the “Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure rule,” also known as the “TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure” rule,...more
On January 29, the CFPB proposed amendments to the portions of Regulation Z governing mortgages made by small creditors. In the same notice, the CFPB also proposed amendments to Regulation Z’s definition of the term “rural,”...more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed additional amendments to Regulation X, which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), and Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in...more
The Bureau has released updated Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, updating its massive database to include 17 million records from 2013. Anyone can now go to the website and slice and dice more than 130 million records to...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has published for public comment, a proposed rule amending Regulation C to implement amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The HMDA requires certain financial...more
In an effort to respond to concerns that the ability-to-repay and mortgage servicing rules effectively earlier this year adversely affect access to credit for underserved populations, the CFPB proposed certain narrow...more
The CFPB published a Proposed Rule offering three specific amendments to the 2013 Title XIV Final Mortgage Rules. The proposed amendments respond to concerns about origination and servicing issues....more
The New York State Unified Court System recently proposed an amendment to the Request for Judicial Intervention form (RJI) filed at the initiation of a residential mortgage foreclosure case to require identification of the...more
The OCC Issues Final Lending Limits Rule - On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) finalized its lending limits interim final rule, with revisions. ...more
On May 29, 2013, the CFPB adopted amendments to the final ability to repay rule. The CFPB had proposed the amendments on the same day that it issued the ability to repay rule in January 2013. The amendments are effective on...more