CFPB Amends Mortgage Rule to Protect Borrowers Affected by COVID-19 The CFPB issued a final rule to amend its Regulation X—which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act—to assist home mortgage loan borrowers...more
7/29/2021
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
FHFA ,
FinCEN ,
Foreclosure ,
Interagency Guidance ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Refinancing ,
Regulation X ,
RESPA ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Third-Party Risk
HUD, VA, and USDA Coordinate Extensions of COVID-19 Relief for Homeowners -
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture...more
2/25/2021
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Call Reports ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disparate Impact ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Guidance Update ,
HUD ,
Libor ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Time Extensions ,
USDA ,
Veterans Administration
On January 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued the latest in a string of interpretative letters on permissible crypto-related activities of national banks and federal savings associations...more
FDIC Modernizes Brokered Deposit Rule and Amends Interest Rate Restrictions -
The FDIC has adopted a final rule that establishes new standards for determining whether deposits made through certain kinds of arrangements...more
12/23/2020
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Interest Rates ,
Libor ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
Federal Banking Agencies Issue New Guidance on Managing the LIBOR Transition -
The member agencies of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) have issued joint guidance for banking organizations...more
11/24/2020
/ Appraisal ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDCPA ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
FinCEN ,
Libor ,
National Bank Charters ,
NCUA ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Regulation F ,
Regulation M ,
Regulation Z ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Supervision ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
SBA Adopts Streamlined Loan Forgiveness Procedures for PPP Loans of $50,000 or Less -
The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has adopted an interim final rule to streamline the loan forgiveness application process...more
10/29/2020
/ Appraisal ,
Bank Holding Company ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
FinCEN ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
True Lender
FDIC and OCC Propose CRA Modernization Rule with Opt-Out for Small Banks
The FDIC and the OCC have jointly proposed amendments to modernize the agencies’ Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations, which are intended...more
12/23/2019
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Bank Deposits ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Brokered Deposits ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
FDIC ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Hemp ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
NCUA ,
Nonbank Firms ,
OCC ,
Opt-Outs ,
Pending Legislation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Small Banks ,
State Securities Regulators ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Underwriting ,
USDA
Agencies Issue Joint Statement on BSA/AML Resource Sharing Arrangements -
The federal banking agencies, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the NCUA, have...more
10/31/2018
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Business Licenses ,
Cole Memorandum ,
Comment Period ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dispensaries ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Federal Reserve ,
FFIEC ,
FinCEN ,
FIRREA ,
HVCRE ,
HVCRE Loans ,
Joint Statements ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
NIST ,
Payment Systems ,
Property Valuation
Treasury Report Recommends Changes to Community Reinvestment Act Rules -
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released a report recommending changes to the federal banking agencies’ rules that implement the Community...more
4/27/2018
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Commercial Real Estate Contracts ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
EU ,
Federal Budget ,
FFIEC ,
FinCEN ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Proposed Legislation ,
U.S. Treasury
Federal Banking Agencies Issue New Guidance for Banks Affected by a Major Disaster -
The federal banking agencies have jointly issued new guidance on the supervisory practices to be followed in assessing the financial...more
12/27/2017
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Financial Crisis ,
FinCEN ,
HMDA ,
Natural Disasters ,
NIST ,
Regulation C ,
Regulation M