In a vote along party lines, the House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, which would eliminate or scale back many of the provisions found in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more
Why it matters -
Federal regulators said they don’t expect perfection from banks trying to comply with the new mortgage disclosure requirements but will not turn a blind eye with regard to enforcement. In letters to...more
10/20/2015
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fannie Mae ,
FDIC ,
Final Rules ,
Freddie Mac ,
Good Faith ,
GSE ,
Mortgage Brokers ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Policies and Procedures ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Training
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An “administrative error” on the part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may have been the best news lenders received in a long time. On August 1, the new TRID (TILA-RESPA Integrated...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recent proposal to exercise its authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to supervise large nonbank automobile lenders may have finance companies working to enforce...more
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has begun a process that will lead to the imposition of new capital requirements on some large insurance companies. Pursuant to Section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FRB gained authority to...more
In the last week of August, the SEC issued in final form the new and wholly revised Regulation AB, which relates to the issuance of asset-backed securities. ...more
Community Banks and the Volcker Rule: What’s Next? -
For now, banks that have investments in CDO securities that are issued by funds that are invested in trust preferred securities (TruPS CDOs) have dodged a bullet. On...more
1/17/2014
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Banking Sector ,
Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Community Banks ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fair Lending ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Social Media ,
Trust Preferred Securities ,
Volcker Rule
As widely anticipated in the press, federal regulators have issued final rules implementing Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, commonly called the Volcker Rule. This is the portion of the Dodd-Frank Act that limits...more