On September 28, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. The DOJ’s complaint alleges: During the relevant time period (2015-2021), the Newark, New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metro Division (Newark MD) as delineated in 2015 included Essex, Somerset, Union, Sussex, and Morris counties in New Jersey (Newark Lending Area). As […]
Month: October 2022
DC District Court Rolls Back HMDA Threshold
On September 23, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion that reversed a section of Regulation C, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) regulation which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The April 2020 final HMDA rule increased the reporting threshold for closed-end mortgage loans from 25 covered loans originated in each of the prior two years to 100 covered loans originated in each of […]
$191 Million Enforcement Action Issued for Overdraft Practices
We have been talking about unfair and deceptive overdraft fees for months but last week a line was drawn in the sand! Here at Compliance Resource, we have made suggestions for reviewing programs, provided information from the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hoping to bring awareness to the ever-increasing risk of overdraft fees and the potential for regulatory violations […]
National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorized
On September 30, 2022, the Senate Passed House Resolution 6833; which continues appropriations for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until December 16, 2022. The bill, the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, was sent to President Biden and was signed the same day. The NFIP was due to expire on September 30, 2022.