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CFPB Amends Credit Card Ability-To-Pay Rule

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

On April 29, the CFPB amended Regulation Z to make it easier for spouses or partners who do not work outside of the home to qualify for credit cards. Regulation Z generally requires that credit card issuers consider an...more

CFPB proposes delay in effective date of Reg Z prohibition on financing credit insurance premiums

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/13/2013

The CFPB has issued a proposal to temporarily delay the June 1, 2013 effective date of the Regulation Z prohibition on financing credit insurance premiums (Section 1026.36(i)). The proposal responds to concerns raised by...more

CFPB eliminates independent ability-to-pay requirement for credit card applicants 21 or older

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/2/2013

The CFPB has amended Regulation Z to remove the requirement that a card issuer must consider the independent ability to pay of an applicant who is 21 or older. The final rule, which will be effective upon publication in the...more

Burr Alert: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amends Regulation E And Regulation Z

by Jordan Teague | Burr & Forman on 4/23/2013

In late March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued final rules amending Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.16, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1693 et seq. ("EFTA"), and...more

Mobile Payments Start-Ups: The need to know landscape

by Erin Fonté | Cox Smith on 4/3/2013

Originally published in E-Finance & Payments Law & Policy - February 2013. New payments companies need to be aware of the legal and compliance issues that are part of operating in two of the most heavily regulated US...more

Loan Originator Compensation: New Rules

by Jonathan Foxx on 4/3/2013

On January 24, 2013, as the last of the Final Rules of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rolled out, I offered an outline of all of them, entitled "CFPB's Gang of Seven (Final Rules)".* I listed them in...more

CFPB Narrows Application Of Credit Card Fee Limit

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/3/2013

On March 28, the CFPB published a final rule to remove from Regulation Z a limitation on fees charged prior to credit card account opening. Effective immediately, the rule amends a restriction adopted by the Federal Reserve...more

Burr Alert: A Look At The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's New Loan Originator Compensation Rule Under The Truth In Lending...

by Jacquelyn Hutzell | Burr & Forman on 3/22/2013

On February 15, 2013, the Office of the Federal Register published the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ("CFPB") final rule on loan originator compensation requirements under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)....more

InfoBytes Special Alert: Detailed Analysis Of CFPB's Final Escrow Rule

by Jeremiah Buckley, Joseph Kolar, John Kromer, Jeffrey Naimon, Joseph Reilly, Clinton Rockwell | BuckleySandler LLP on 2/15/2013

On January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final rule on escrow account requirements for first-lien higher-priced mortgage loans. The rule amends existing escrow requirements and exemptions for...more

More, More, More: The CFPB Wants More From Mortgage Servicers

by Paul Fogleman | Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/11/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued new rules amending Regulation Z, the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and Regulation X, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), which revise mortgage...more

InfoBytes Special Alert: Detailed Analysis Of CFPB's Mortgage Servicing Rules

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/6/2013

On January 17, the CFPB issued final rules amending Regulation Z (TILA) and Regulation X (RESPA) to implement certain mortgage servicing standards set forth by the Dodd-Frank Act and to address other issues identified by the...more

CFPB Addresses Use Of Electronic Periodic Statements For Residential Mortgage Loans

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/31/2013

The CFPB’s recent rule amending Regulation Z (TILA), issued on January 17, included, among other changes, the requirement that mortgage servicers provide consumers with periodic billing statements. As required by the...more

Financial Services Bulletin: CFPB Issue New Final Rules

by Perkins Coie on 1/31/2013

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") issued a final rule that amends Regulation Z to implement certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA") made by Sections 1461 and...more

CFPB Issues Mortgage Servicing Standards

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/29/2013

On January 17, the CFPB issued final rules amending Regulation Z (TILA) and Regulation X (RESPA) to implement certain mortgage servicing standards set forth by the Dodd-Frank Act and to address other issues identified by the...more

CFPB Ability to Repay Rules Issued

by Leonard N. Chanin, Joseph Gabai, Thomas J. Noto | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/29/2013

On January 10, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued much-anticipated revisions to Regulation Z to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that require lenders to...more

Financial Services Bulletin: Agencies Issue New Mortgage Rules

by Perkins Coie on 1/28/2013

On Friday, January 18, 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), the Federal Housing...more

CFPB issues final rules on incentives and mandatory arbitration

by Joey Tsu-Yi Chen, Donald Rea | Saul Ewing LLP on 1/28/2013

The CFPB issued final rules reducing the financial incentives for loan officers and brokers in "risky and high-cost" consumer loans and toughening qualification standards for loan originators....more

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Rules on Mortgage Servicing; Creates New Rights for Borrowers, Raising Issues...

by Dechert LLP on 1/25/2013

On January 17, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) took another major step in the restructuring of the U.S. residential mortgage sector by issuing final rules (collectively, the “Rule”) regarding...more

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