On May 23, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took the first step toward adopting consumer protections for the fast-growing prepaid card market. The Bureau’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks input on how to ensure that consumers’ funds on prepaid cards are safe and that card terms and fees are transparent. The Bureau’s rulemaking will focus on “General Purpose Reloadable” prepaid cards which allow consumers to load the cards with money upfront and […]
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CFPB RULES WILL SIMPLIFY/STRANGLE MORTGAGE POINTS AND FEES
On May 9, 2012 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) outlined rules it is considering that would simplify (or strangle) mortgage points and fees. These rules, which the CFPB expects to propose this summer and finalize by January 2013, would make it easier for consumers to understand mortgage costs and compare loans so they can choose the best deal. The CFPB is considering proposals, required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act […]
CFPB – A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME OLD STORY
It is not that often that a new federal financial institution regulatory agency is created, but when it happens one can only hope for something better than what existed before. But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to disappoint. The latest disappointment is relatively minor. In their regulatory agenda published last fall the CFPB stated that final rules revising Regulation Z provisions dealing with the borrower’s ability to repay would be published in April […]
SERVICING RULES – PREVIEW
Recently the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlined major new rules that impact mortgage loan servicing. The rules, which revise the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, are required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Under the rules servicers must: Provide periodic statements for all residential mortgage loans; Provide a new notice 6 months prior to interest rate reset on ARM loans; Provide notices and establish other requirements for force-placed insurance; Credit payments […]
TALK ABOUT BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Recently two members of Congress, Neugebauer (R-TX) and Capito (R-WV), asked Richard Cordrey, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), for assurances that the CFP will conduct a cost-benefit analysis for each rule it enacts, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFPB to consider the potential benefits and costs of any proposed rule. Congress passes the law that requires the CFPB to adopt a new rule. […]