Recently shares in a South Carolina lending business plummeted after the company disclosed it might face legal action from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Shares of World Acceptance Corporation (World), a Greenville-based company, dropped by almost $19, or 36 percent per share, to about $33. The company disclosed last year that it received a “civil investigative demand” from the CFPB. At that time, the agency said it was trying to determine whether the lender […]
Category: CFPB
TRID DISCLOSURE FOR PREFERRED-RATE LOANS
Typical preferred-rate loans might include a fixed-rate mortgage loan that carries a preferred rate as long as the borrower remains an employee of the financial institution or as long as a deposit account remains open. This loan type raises several issues under TRID rules including, which product description should be used. The product description, explained in §1026.37, must classify the rate as “Adjustable Rate,” “Step Rate,” or “Fixed Rate.” For an “Adjustable Rate” the rates […]
CHANCE TO BREATHE
I lot of people seemed to think that once the August 1 TRID deadline arrived life would be much easier. Well today is August 1, and the future doesn’t look any easier. TRID has been delayed until October 3, 2015; New interagency flood insurance regulations are effective, in large part, on October 1, 2015, with the new escrow rules unfolding on January 1, 2016; The new Military Lending Act regulations, which look like the real […]
FOOT-DRAGGING
Can’t get excited about the CFPB’s fourth birthday? Well let’s celebrate the continued foot-dragging on the part of the CFPB and other Federal agencies. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require financial institutions to collect and report information concerning credit applications made by women- or minority-owned businesses and by small businesses. The law established an effective date of July 21, 2011. Since Section 1071 was scheduled to be […]
CFPB FINALIZES TRID DELAY
On Tuesday the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule extending the effective date of the Truth-in-Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosures (TRID) rule to October 3, 2015. The original effective date was set for August 1, 2015. On June 24, 2015, the Bureau proposed a two month extension of the effective date to correct an administrative error that would have delayed the effective date of the rule by at least […]