On January 27, 2020 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published, in the Federal Register, a Policy Statement that announces a new designation for certain guidance, known as “Compliance Aids,” and to explain the legal status and role of guidance with that designation. Examples of compliance aids previously released by the CFPB include small entity compliance guides, instructional guides for disclosure forms, executive summaries, summaries of regulation changes, factsheets, flow charts, compliance checklists, frequently asked […]
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TRID CONSTRUCTION LOAN GUIDES
On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published two guides on disclosing construction-only and construction-permanent loans with examples based on common questions received by the Bureau. The Combined Guide provides guidance for disclosing the phases together and the Separate Guide provides guidance for disclosing the phases separately. Alternate Headline: CFPB Publishes Inadequate TRID Construction Loan Guidance More Than Four Years After the Effective Date Have you ever heard the old saying , “a day late […]
CFPB PUBLISHES FALL 2019 UNIFIED AGENDA
Recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published its Fall 2019 rulemaking agenda. The agenda identifies the regulatory matters that the CFPB reasonably anticipates having under consideration during the period from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. The following summaries a few key topics: Proposed Fair Debt Collection Rule (Regulation F) – The CFPB proposed Regulation F in May 2019. Now the CFPB is testing consumer disclosures related to time-barred debt and, after testing, […]
CFPB COMMENCES TRID ASSESSMENT
On November 20 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it commencing an assessment of its TRID (Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure) rules. The CFPB intends to address the TRID Rule’s effectiveness in meeting the purposes and objectives of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, the specific goals of the rule, and other relevant factors. The public is invited to comment on the feasibility and effectiveness of […]
CFPB FEELING PRESSURE FROM NINE-YEAR DELAY IN ISSUING REGULATIONS
Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act required the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue rules, by July 21, 2011, to implement requirements for HMDA-like data collection and reporting for small businesses and for women-owned and minority-owned businesses. Recently the California Reinvestment Coalition, the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, and two individual small business owners filed suit seeking a declaration that the CFPB’s failure to issue regulations implementing Section 1071 violates the Administrative […]