On September 2, 2020, the CFPB announced it has issued a consent order against Accelerate Mortgage, LLC, a Newark, Delaware-based company that is licensed as a mortgage broker and lender in about 31 states. Accelerate offers and provides mortgage loans guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Accelerate’s principal means of advertising VA-guaranteed loans is through direct-mail advertisements sent primarily to U.S. military servicemembers and veterans. Specifically the CFPB found that Accelerate: Created […]
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TEXAS COURT LIFTS ONE OF TWO PAYDAY LOAN STAYS
On August 20. 2020 the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas entered an order lifting one the stays in the case of Community Financial Services Association of America, LTD., et al., v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. The lawsuit filed by two trade groups challenging the CFPB’s 2017 final payday loan rule. The stay was originally entered in June 2018 on the heels of the trade groups’ motion for a […]
2021 HMDA FILING INSTRUCTION GUIDES RELEASED
On August 21, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the: The Filing Instructions Guide for HMDA Data Collected in 2021; and The Supplemental Guide for Quarterly Filers for 2021. The required data fields for the 2021 data have not changed from the 2020 data collection and reporting requirements. HMDA requires the quarterly reporting of data only for financial institutions that reported for the preceding calendar year at least 60,000 covered loans and applications, combined, […]
CFPB PUBLISHES NPRM ON SEASONED QM LOAN
On August 18, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that creates a new category of Qualified Mortgage (QM), a seasoned QM (Seasoned QM), for first-lien, fixed-rate covered transactions that have met certain performance requirements over a 36-month seasoning period, are held in portfolio until the end of the seasoning period, comply with general restrictions on product features and points and fees, and meet certain underwriting requirements. The […]
CFPB ADJUSTS REGULATION Z THRESHOLDS
On July 21, 2020 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began the annual process of updating regulatory thresholds by publishing a final rule revising certain dollar amounts in Regulation Z, based on the annual percentage change reflected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in effect on June 1, 2020. For open-end consumer credit plans under the CARD Act amendments to TILA ( 1026.52(b)(1)(ii)(A) and (B)), the adjusted dollar amount in 2021 for the safe harbor for […]