Tag Archives: Financial Reform

APPEALS COURT DECISION CREATES TURMOIL

In the past few weeks the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) put in place over 3,500 pages of new regulations to implement various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Or, maybe they didn’t. Yesterday the D.C. Circuit of the Federal Court … Continue reading

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FINAL LOAN ORIGINATOR COMPENSATION RULES NOW AVAILABLE

On Sunday January 20, 2013 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule amending Regulation Z to revise and clarify existing regulations and commentary on loan originator compensation. The rules also implement Dodd-Frank Act provisions that prohibit certain … Continue reading

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CFPB PUBLISHES NEW REGULATION B APPRAISAL RULES

On January 18, 2013 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a124-page final rule to amend Regulation B, which implements the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The final rule revises rules for appraisals and other valuations that was enacted as part of … Continue reading

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DOES THE CFPB REALLY WANT COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY BANKERS?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has cranked out more than 2,400 pages of new proposed regulations since July 9th. That is a lot to review in a short period of time. Let’s put this into context. The CFPB had … Continue reading

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STATUS OF OTHER PENDING RULES

We received a lot of positive feedback about yesterday’s blog entry on the status of changes to Regulation Z. Several of you inquired about the status of other pending rules, particularly those involving Regulations B and C. Well here you … Continue reading

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DODD-FRANK ACT – STATISTICAL UPDATE

Information recently released by Davis Polk shows: As of June 1, 2012, a total of 221 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. This is 55.5% of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, and 78.9% of the 280 rulemaking requirements with specified … Continue reading

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CFPB RULES WILL SIMPLIFY/STRANGLE MORTGAGE POINTS AND FEES

On May 9, 2012 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) outlined rules it is considering that would simplify (or strangle) mortgage points and fees. These rules, which the CFPB expects to propose this summer and finalize by January 2013, would … Continue reading

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SMALL BANK REGULATORY RELIEF?

Last month all of the federal financial institution regulatory agencies showed up at Independent Community Bankers of America’s national convention and told those in attendance what they wanted to hear. “The future of community banking is a major priority.” “We … Continue reading

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FINALLY, A DIRECTOR FOR THE CFPB – MAYBE

In a speech in Ohio, on Wednesday afternoon President Obama announced that he would install Richard Cordrey as the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) through a recess appointment. Last summer the president selected Cordray, a former Ohio … Continue reading

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FINALLY – MOVEMENT FROM THE CFPB

On November 29th the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a notice and request for information about streamlining the inherited regulations. This publication is significant for several reasons. INHERITED REGULATIONS The “inherited regulations” include 14 existing consumer regulations, including, among … Continue reading

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