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INTERAGENCY STATEMENT ON STORM DAMAGE

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 […]

New/Revised Regulation E FAQs

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.

FINAL REGULATION Z RULES FOR LIBOR

On December 8, 2021 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amended Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), generally to address the anticipated sunset of LIBOR, which is expected to be discontinued for most U.S. Dollar (USD) tenors in June 2023. Some creditors currently use USD LIBOR as an index for calculating rates for open-end and closed-end products. The CFPB is amending: The open-end and closed-end provisions to provide examples of replacement […]

CFPB CRITICAL OF CREDIT BUREAU PROCEDURES

On November 4, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a sixteen-page advisory opinion to highlight that a consumer reporting agency that uses inadequate matching procedures to match information to consumers, including name-only matching (i.e., matching information to the particular consumer who is the subject of a consumer report based solely on whether the consumer’s first and last names are identical or similar to the names associated with the information), in preparing consumer reports (for […]

AGENCIES INCREASE REGULATION M AND Z THRESHOLDS

On November 29, 2021 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board); and Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) announced new coverage thresholds for: Consumer Leasing (Regulation M) – Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2021, the exemption threshold will increase from $58,300 to $61,000 effective January 1, 2022. Appraisal for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Exemption Threshold – […]