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HMDA GETTING IT RIGHT IS BACK

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released an updated and expanded version of the publication A Guide to HMDA Reporting – Getting it Right (aka the HMDA bible). The publication had not been updated since 2013. The 327-page 2018 Guide is updated for the revisions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) that were effective January 1, 2018. The Guide includes the  revised […]

OTTING MISSTATEMENT

Last week Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting issued a statement after meeting with Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. According to the news release (NR 2018-14) from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)  Comptroller Otting stated “Acting Director Mulvaney has helped reduce the burden on the banking system by delaying implementation of his agency’s Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rule, committing to reconsider its payday lending rule, and […]

CFPB STATUS CHECK

In a recent wide-ranging memo to the staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney clarified the status of the agency. “When I arrived at CFPB, I told folks that despite what they might have heard, I had no intention of shutting down the Bureau. Indeed, the law doesn’t allow that, and as members of the Executive Branch we are charged with faithfully executing the laws. So let’s be clear: the […]

CFPB DELAYS PREPAID ACCOUNTS RULE

On January 25, 2018 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced  final updates to its 2016 prepaid rule. The changes extend the effective date of the rule by one year to April 2019. The changes to Regulations E and Z: Adjust error resolution requirements; and Provide more flexibility concerning credit cards linked to digital wallets. Read more: https://mycomplianceresource.com/prepaid-rule-lives-to-fight-another-day/ https://mycomplianceresource.com/effective-date-of-prepaid-account-rule-delayed/ https://mycomplianceresource.com/prepaid-rule-takes-a-much-needed-pause/ https://mycomplianceresource.com/prepaid-accounts-just-got-kicked-up-to-the-consumer-protection-suite/ A copy of the 325 page final rule is available at:  https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_prepaid_final-rule_2018-amendments.pdf

CFPB CIVIL PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS

On January 12, 2018 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule that sets the annual adjustments to the maximum amount of each civil penalty within the CFPB’s jurisdiction. The adjustments, required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, serve to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to promote compliance with the law. The CFPB Civil Monetary Penalty Amount Table is available at: https://mycomplianceresource.com/cfpb-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts/ A copy of the […]