Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more
In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
Federal Court Dismisses Class Action Claims Against PPP Lenders for Agent Fees - A federal court in Florida has dismissed claims made in a class action lawsuit against several banks and other Small Business Administration...more
The FDIC has revised its interagency examination procedures to reflect the requirements of the TILA/RESPA integrated disclosures (TRID) rule. The CFPB has issued a proposal to postpone the TRID rule’s effective date from...more
While Director Cordray’s appearance at the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing on the CFPB’s fifth Semi-Annual Report yesterday was accompanied by the usual dose of political theater, his testimony did yield the...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “Prudential Regulators”) have...more
In response to inquiries from creditors about liability under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act’s disparate impact doctrine on originating qualified mortgages under the CFPB’s ability-to-repay provisions, the CFPB, OCC, FRB,...more
Five federal regulators, with HUD noticeably absent, issued the first interagency guidance on the much-debated intersection of fair lending enforcement and the Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Standards Rule taking...more
On October 22, the Fed, CFPB, FDIC, NCUA and OCC issued a joint statement to address industry questions on fair lending risks associated with offering only qualified mortgages....more
Joint Release on QM Fair Lending Risks - On October 22, the Fed, CFPB, FDIC, NCUA and OCC issued a joint statement to address industry questions on fair lending risks associated with offering only qualified mortgages. ...more
The CFPB was one of five federal regulators issuing an interagency statement intended to address industry concerns regarding the fair lending risks associated with compliance with the CFPB’s ability-to-repay/qualified...more
Federal regulators have issued an interagency statement intended to address industry concerns regarding the fair lending risks associated with compliance with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s...more
On August 28, 2013, the FDIC, OCC, FRB, SEC, Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Department of Housing and Urban Development (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “revised...more
Collectively, the FDIC, the OCC, FRB, SEC, FHFA, and HUD issued a second proposal Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement the risk retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; and Executive Branch. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The past week could be best described by one word. Chaos. In the House, a scheduled...more
In This Issue: Financial Industry Developments: CFPB Proposed Clarifications on Qualified Mortgage Rules; SEC Credit Ratings Roundtable; FDIC Proposed Guidance on Deposit Advance Products; Rating Agency Developments; RMBS...more
The FDIC has scheduled the following three free teleconferences on the CFPB’s new mortgage-related rules for officers and employees of FDIC-supervised institutions... ...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - President Obama touched on both new and old initiatives in his State of...more
In this issue: - CBOE Proposes to Amend Preferred Market Maker’s Continuous Quoting Obligations - FATCA Regulations Are Finalized - CFTC to Host Roundtable on “Futurization” of Swaps - CFTC Amends Order of...more
In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments •CFPB Rules on Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgages •Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement •CFPB Final Rules on High-Cost Mortgages •Rating Agency...more