The Dodd-Frank Act is one the most significant pieces of legislation to ever impact the banking industry. Our lives would be much simpler if the law never happened, but the law did happen and we all have to deal with it. Instead of dealing with the law in a quick decisive manner Congress and the current administration have turned it into a political circus. Dodd-Frank became law on July 21, 2010. The law contains hundreds […]
Category: Dodd-Frank Act
REGULATION Z – LOAN ORIGINATOR COMPENSATION RULES
Everyone seems aware that Regulation Z rules, which were effective on April 1, 2011, state that no loan originator shall receive and no person shall pay to a loan originator, directly or indirectly, compensation in an amount that is based on any of the transaction’s terms or conditions. Everyone also seems aware that the term “compensation” includes salaries, commissions, and any financial or similar incentive provided to a loan originator that is based on any […]
AGENCIES REPEAL PROHIBITION ON PAYING INTEREST ON DEMAND ACCOUNTS
Both the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published final rules repealing regulations that prohibited payment of interest on demand deposits, effective July 21, 2011. The Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation Q was repealed on July 12, 2011. The FDIC’s Part 329 was repealed on July 6, 2011. The regulations had been in place since 1933. The repeals were required by Section 627 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act […]
ALTERNATE MORTGAGE TRANSACTION PARITY ACT AND NEW REGULATION D
On July 22, 2011 the CFPB published an interim final rule establishing Regulation D (§1004 of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection regulations) pursuant to the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act (AMTPA). The interim final rule is necessary to avoid a regulatory gap created by the amendments to AMTPA in the Dodd-Frank Act. Without an interim final rule that takes immediate effect, state housing creditors would no longer be able to make variable rate mortgage […]
SHUFFLING CHAIRS AT THE CFPB
It is being widely reported that President Obama will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is scheduled to officially open for business on July 21, 2011. Cordray has been serving as the CFPB’s assistant director for enforcement during its formative period. Elizabeth Warren, who has been building the agency and was slated to be nominated as its permanent head, endorsed Cordray’s nomination. Expect the […]