Evolving State Supervision: Issues Arising from State Qualification Standards and 'SAFE' Act Licensing, and Coordination with the CFPB
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk are joined by Orrick partner Jedd Bellman, former Maryland Assistant Commissioner of Financial Regulation, for a deep dive into the evolving role of state regulators in...more
Talk of bitcoin and cryptocurrency has been unavoidable in recent years. What should Louisiana businesses understand to play in this new sandbox? First, the American Law Institute (ALI) and the Uniform Law Commission (ULC)...more
Spurred in part by the pandemic, regulators and legislators have been increasingly focused on the accessibility and transparency of loans to small-to-medium businesses. On the federal level, the CFPB is considering a rule...more
On the first day of renewals the NMLS brought to me, system issues and lock outs. Yes, the 2021 Renewal season brought no holiday joy to either regulator or industry users. The first twelve days did present challenges with...more
This morning (Wednesday, July 1), the South Dakota Division of Banking posted a Mortgage Branch Registration requirement to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS). According to the NMLS Description of this...more
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance recently issued a bulletin to provide guidance relating to the licensing and registration of mortgage servicers under the New Jersey Mortgage Servicers Licensing Act. The...more
The NMLS Reinstatement Period began on January 2, 2020, and will end on February 29, 2020. This period allows individuals and companies that failed to renew their licenses by December 31 to request renewal. ...more
The NMLS renewal period for licensees began last week on November 1 and continues through December 31. For Nevada licensees, according to an update from the Nevada Division of Mortgage Lending...more
South Dakota Adds Non-Residential Mortgage Lender Licenses to NMLS - South Dakota added its Non-Residential Mortgage Lender License to NMLS on July 15, 2019. ...more
Both Virginia and Utah have enacted legislation to permit temporary authority to operate as a mortgage loan originator in their respective states pursuant to the SAFE Act....more
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Assembly Bill 38, which significantly modifies the scope, administration, and servicing requirements of the state’s Student Loan Servicing Act. ...more
Effective immediately, Illinois Residential Mortgage licensees will no longer be required to include the phrase "Illinois Residential Mortgage Licensee" in advertisements...more
On February 1, 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions started using the NMLS Uniform Authorized Agent Reporting (UAAR) functionality to fulfill agent reporting requirements....more
NMLS recently announced that twelve additional state agencies (with 44 license types) would jump on the Electronic Surety Bond (ESB) bandwagon as of January 23, 2017. These additions bring the total number of agencies using...more