REVISED HMDA EXAMINATION PROCEDURES
Category: CFPB, HMDA, Regulation C
On December 17, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued OCC Bulletin 2021-63, which contains interagency Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, (HMDA) examination procedures. The revised procedures address changes to: The effective dates for banks that meet or exceed either the closed-end mortgage loans or the open-end lines of credit loan-volume threshold in each of the two preceding calendar years: Effective July 1, 2020, a bank, savings association, or credit union that
On December 16, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the 2022 updated asset-size thresholds used to define “small bank” and “intermediate small bank” under their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. As a result of the 4.73 percent increase in the CPI-W for the period ending in November 2021, the definitions of small and intermediate small banks for CRA examinations will change as follows: Small bank means an institution
On December 15, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the Agencies) issued an interagency statement that states that the agencies recognize the serious impact of tornadoes on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies encourage
On December 15, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit comment on ways to streamline, modernize, and update the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime of the United States. FinCEN seeks comment on ways to modernize risk-based AML/CFT regulations and guidance, issued pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), so that they, on a continuing basis, protect U.S. national security in a cost-effective and
On December 13, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published 16 new or updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Regulation E, which is the implementing regulation for the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Compliance Resource will be offering an upcoming webinar on this topic, and we will be presenting it to our Compliance Masters Group. Stay tuned for more details.
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