Episode 25: 10 Factors That May Hinder a Contractor’s Ability to Repay Its Bank Loans and Threaten Its Existence
Critical Mortgage Regulatory Updates by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for 2013 and 2014
The CFPB has published a notice in the Federal Register indicating that it has hired a contractor to conduct one-on-one consumer interviews “to evaluate and refine potential options for a Bureau-designed payday loan...more
Late last month the CFPB reignited debate when it issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) stating its intention to allow the “GSE Patch” to expire in January 2021. The GSE Patch allows what would otherwise...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is soliciting comments on possible amendments to the Ability to Repay/Qualified Mortgage (ATR/QM) Rule. ...more
The CFPB recently issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) requesting comments on how to revise the qualified mortgage (QM) provisions of the Regulation Z ability to repay rule in view of the impending...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has opened the public comment phase on its proposed rules on regulation of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans for upfront costs of eligible energy improvements....more
The CFPB is publishing a notice in tomorrow’s Federal Register to correct the comment deadline for its payday loan Request for Information (RFI). The corrected deadline will be November 7, 2016. The RFI seeks feedback...more
The CFPB’s proposed payday loan rule and related Request for Information (RFI) were published in this past Friday’s Federal Register. The RFI seeks feedback regarding consumer protection concerns pertaining to (1) loan...more
On June 2, 2016, the CFPB released its long-awaited proposed regulations for payday loans, vehicle title and certain high-cost installment loans. Comments on the proposed rules must be received on or before September 14,...more
As we have addressed, Congress passed the Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2015 (HELP Act) on December 4, 2015, in efforts to expand the designation of additional areas as being "rural" under...more