On September 27, 2022, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency imposed a $6 million penalty on Sterling Bank and Trust of Southfield, MI for engaging in unsafe and unsound banking practices, including violations of the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z. Between approximately mid-2011 and December 2019, the Bank: Offered the Advantage Loan Program (“ALP”), a low-document mortgage loan program, which was the Bank’s primary loan product during this period. The Bank
Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends on November 6, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. What does DST have to do with TRID? The TRID rules under Regulation Z require creditors to disclose the time zone applicable to its location when disclosing the date and time the interest rate lock and estimate of closing costs will expire on the loan estimate. As a result, financial institutions located in areas that observe DST need to remember to change the
DOJ Announces New Jersey Redlining Case
Category: DOJ, ECOA, Fair Housing
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
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
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
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