The CFPB released its much-anticipated proposed update to the mortgage servicing rules last month that would make permanent many of the temporary servicing rules enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more
Members of Mayer Brown’s Financial Services team summarize the main takeaways of the CFPB’s proposal to amend the Regulation X mortgage servicing rules. We focus on the proposal to amend the requirements for mortgage...more
What Happened? On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule to amend provisions of its Mortgage Servicing Rules to significantly revamp requirements relating to borrowers...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda, outlining its planned rulemaking initiatives. The CFPB releases regulatory agendas twice a year in voluntary...more
The complexity of loss mitigation programs designed to assist distressed mortgage borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been too daunting for many borrowers to seek help, the CFPB said, in a report released last...more
The CFPB recently issued its long-awaited proposed rule amending the mortgage servicing rules under Regulation X, with a focus on streamlining and expanding the loss mitigation procedures and foreclosure protections. The...more
As we predicted here, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) last week proposed new and, in some cases, streamlined rules governing what mortgage servicers must do after a borrower becomes delinquent. The...more
Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Eric Edwardson, Haukur Gudmundsson and Krista Cooley dive into considerations for MSR (Mortgage Servicing Rights) fund investments and outline the...more
On April 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued its assault on fees in the consumer finance industry. In its most recent edition of Supervisory Highlights, the CFPB reported that mortgage...more
While residential mortgage lenders are facing tough headwinds driven by rising interest rates and low housing volume, the current market presents opportunities for savvy investors looking at mortgage servicing rights...more
The CFPB announced this week that it has entered into a consent order with ACI Worldwide Corp. and one of its subsidiaries, ACI Payments, Inc., in connection with more than 1.4 million erroneous electronic fund transfer...more
After analyzing public feedback on pandemic-related forbearance programs and ways to automate and streamline long-term loss mitigation assistance, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau),...more
On January 18, the CFPB released an updated version of its Mortgage Servicing Examination Procedures, detailing the types of information examiners should gather when assessing whether servicers are complying with applicable...more
In the latest demonstration that there’s a “new CFPB” as well as other new regulatory sheriffs in town, the CFPB, the federal banking agencies (OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and NCUA), and state financial regulators...more
Now that the pandemic’s “social distancing” is lessening, we hope you are all able to gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving. As we do the same, we wanted to count our blessings as we review the year. This year, we...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced post-COVID-19 mortgage servicing rules that went into effect August 31, 2021 (“Rules”). The Rules are designed to protect borrowers from “avoidable foreclosures” and...more
On June 28, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule (2021 Rule) amending certain provisions of Regulation X. The 2021 Rule establishes temporary procedural safeguards to borrowers impacted by...more
On August 31, 2021, a new final rule amending Regulation X’s mortgage servicing rules for borrowers experiencing hardship due to COVID-19 will take effect. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) hopes that these...more
The California Financing Law (fka Finance Lenders Law) requires that persons engaged in the business of making loans be licensed by the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation (fka Department of Business Oversight fka...more
On April 5, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes amendments to its Mortgage Servicing Rule (the “Proposed Rule”) to provide additional assistance for...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued to be active under its new leadership this week, warning mortgage servicers to prepare now for an anticipated surge of homeowners needing assistance...more
On April 5th, the CFPB proposed a set of rule changes intended to prevent foreclosures as emergency federal foreclosure protections expire this summer. Given that the expected surge of borrowers exiting forbearance in the...more
“Just Send a Venmo!”…To a Collection Agency? As a result of COVID-19, many businesses are leery of handling cash, credit cards, or debit cards, and consumers feel concerned about using paper money and coins. It is...more
Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables... The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more