Recently shares in a South Carolina lending business plummeted after the company disclosed it might face legal action from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Shares of World Acceptance Corporation (World), a Greenville-based company, dropped by almost $19, or 36 percent per share, to about $33. The company disclosed last year that it received a “civil investigative demand” from the CFPB. At that time, the agency said it was trying to determine whether the lender […]
Month: August 2015
FLOOD RULE CONUNDRUM PART II: CONSENSUS AMONG AGENCIES ON SMALL LENDER EXCEPTION
It has been over seven weeks since the Agencies (FRB, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, and FCA) issued a joint final rule to modify existing flood regulations. And until this week the Agencies had inconsistent opinions about how the small lender escrow exception will apply to lenders that were required to escrow under Regulation Z’s Higher Priced Mortgage Loan (HPML) rules. This week we learned some good news – it appears we now have a consensus among […]
TRID DISCLOSURE FOR PREFERRED-RATE LOANS
Typical preferred-rate loans might include a fixed-rate mortgage loan that carries a preferred rate as long as the borrower remains an employee of the financial institution or as long as a deposit account remains open. This loan type raises several issues under TRID rules including, which product description should be used. The product description, explained in §1026.37, must classify the rate as “Adjustable Rate,” “Step Rate,” or “Fixed Rate.” For an “Adjustable Rate” the rates […]
CHANCE TO BREATHE
I lot of people seemed to think that once the August 1 TRID deadline arrived life would be much easier. Well today is August 1, and the future doesn’t look any easier. TRID has been delayed until October 3, 2015; New interagency flood insurance regulations are effective, in large part, on October 1, 2015, with the new escrow rules unfolding on January 1, 2016; The new Military Lending Act regulations, which look like the real […]