On March 8, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it was seeking public input on so-called “junk fees” incurred as part of the closing process for residential mortgage loans. The residential...more
So what happened at the CFPB in the past month? Bite #10 - The CFPB released its Spring 2021 rulemaking Agenda. The CFPB published its Spring 2021 rulemaking Agenda, which outlines the current plans for the CFPB...more
On July 11, 2019, I presented at the American Bankers Association webinar, entitled, “Mortgage Disclosure Cures and Corrections — Mitigating Liability.” Below is a summary of the points presented in the webinar and additional...more
In the early evening of May 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), paving the way for certain signature by the President. The House...more
In seven short years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has managed to court controversy across the political spectrum. Under the leadership of former Director Richard Cordray, the bureau (for better or worse)...more
The U.S. Senate on March 14 passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 67 to 31. Although the Act would not make the sweeping changes to the Dodd-Frank Act found...more
Congress is back in session and this Thursday, September 7, the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will hold a one-panel hearing entitled “Legislative Proposals for a More Efficient Federal...more
Despite its long duration (over five hours including a recess for a vote), the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing on April 5 at which Director Cordray was the sole witness provided a strong dose of political theater...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not...more
The CFPB has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not reflect the CFPB’s release of its proposed...more
In emails sent to CFPB email subscription holders, the CFPB announced the publication of new annotated versions of the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure that include citations to sections in Chapter 2 of the Truth in...more
On February 19, the Federal Reserve noticed an information collection regarding recent changes to Regulation Z. The Notice (81 Fed. Reg. 8492) explains that the Federal Reserve is planning to update Regulation Z to include a...more
According to a “Dodd-Frank Regulations Impacts on Community Banks, Credit Unions and Systematically Important Institutions” report recently released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), community banks continue to...more
Regulatory Developments - CFPB Responds To Industry’s TRID Implementation Concerns: On Dec. 29 the CFPB responded to a letter by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) from Dec. 21. The MBA letter asked the CFPB to...more
Why it matters - Federal regulators said they don’t expect perfection from banks trying to comply with the new mortgage disclosure requirements but will not turn a blind eye with regard to enforcement. In letters to...more
Regulatory Developments - FINRA Files Proposed Rule Change to Apply Markup Rule to Government Securities: On Sept. 30 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 6, to...more
On Wednesday, September 29, CFPB Director Richard Cordray appeared before the House Committee on Financial Services to answer questions regarding the Bureau’s activities since March. Director Cordray used his introductory...more
BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
The long heralded TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) are coming, and they are already causing some headaches in the real estate market. Congress provided for the new disclosures in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently issued or perhaps had to issue a proposed amendment to the “Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure rule,” also known as the “TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure” rule,...more
On Wednesday, July 15, CFPB Director Richard Cordray appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs to answer questions regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress and the President, which...more
Why it matters - An “administrative error” on the part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may have been the best news lenders received in a long time. On August 1, the new TRID (TILA-RESPA Integrated...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more
On May 12, 2015, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the text of draft legislation intended to reform the regulatory framework...more