On May 24, 2018 the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law. Among its many provisions Section 307 amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to mandate that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) prescribe certain regulations relating to residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Specifically, the regulations must carry out the purposes of TILA’s ability-to-repay (ATR) requirements, currently in place for residential mortgage loans, with respect to PACE […]
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CFPB LAUNCHES SYSTEM FOR SUBMISSION OF PREPAID ACCOUNT AGREEMENTS
On February 27, 2019 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched a streamlined electronic submission system, called Collect, which allows prepaid account issuers to submit their account agreements to the Bureau. Prepaid issuers can register for the system now before the April 1, 2019 effective date of the Bureau’s prepaid rule. The Bureau’s prepaid rule includes a requirement that prepaid account issuers submit their prepaid account agreements, including fee information, to the Bureau. Starting on […]
CFPB REPORT ON ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE
Recently the CFPB published a study entitled Suspicious Activity Reports on Elder Financial Exploitation: Issues and Trends. The key findings of the study indicate: SAR filings on elder financial exploitation quadrupled from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, elder financial exploitation (EFE) SARs totaled 63,500. Based on recent prevalence studies, these 2017 SARs likely represent a tiny fraction of actual incidents of elder financial exploitation. Money services businesses have filed an increasing share of EFE SARs. […]
RURAL REMINDERS
2019 list of rural and underserved counties The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has published the 2019 list of rural and underserved counties and a separate 2019 list that includes only rural counties. The CFPB has also updated the Rural and Underserved Areas Tool (Tool) for 2019. The lists and the tool help creditors determine whether a property is located in a rural or underserved area for purposes of applying certain regulatory provisions related to mortgage loans. […]
CFPB ISSUES PROPOSAL TO DELAY AND RESCIND PAYDAY LENDING UNDERWRITING RULES
On February 6, 2019 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule (2017 Payday Lending Rule). As finalized, the 2017 Payday Lending Rule has two primary parts: 1) Subject to certain exceptions, for short-term and longer-term loans with balloon payments, it is unfair and abusive for a lender to make such loans without determining that consumers have the ability […]