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[ November 15, 2024 ] Delinquency rates on rise for CRE, some consumer loans, Fed supervision report finds The Fed
[ November 15, 2024 ] CLF’s 2025-26 budget, share insurance fund update slated next Thursday NCUA
[ November 15, 2024 ] Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states NCUA
[ November 14, 2024 ] Fed’s Kugler becomes latest board member to advocate for continued agency independence The Fed
[ November 14, 2024 ] VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs CFPB

Agencies raise exemption thresholds 2.5% for 2019 consumer credit, lease transactions

November 21, 2018 0

Dollar thresholds have been set at $57,200 for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2019, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB) said in […]

Appraisal exemption amount for smaller, higher-priced mortgages rises in 2019

November 21, 2018 0

Mortgage loans that are “higher-priced” under federal mortgage rules and that don’t exceed $26,700 will be exempt from federal appraisal requirements in 2019, federal banking and consumer protection agencies said in an announcement Wednesday. The […]

BCFP says Santander to pay $9.29 million to gap insurance purchasers, $2.5 million penalty

November 20, 2018 0

A company that sold a gap insurance product as an add-on to its auto loan products will pay restitution and a civil money penalty over deceptive practices in its product marketing and misrepresentation of the […]

Fed, BCFP propose new indexing of funds-availability amounts in Reg CC; more

November 20, 2018 0

A statutory requirement for inflation adjustments every five years of the funds-availability amounts under the Electronic Funds Availability (EFA) Act would be implemented for the first time under a proposal issued Tuesday by regulators. Issued […]

3 BCFP councils meet Dec. 6 to discuss artificial intelligence in consumer financial services

November 20, 2018 0

Three advisory councils representing consumer and community development interests, community banks, and credit unions will meet simultaneously Dec. 6 by conference call to discuss artificial intelligence in consumer financial services and consumer access to financial […]

Kraninger nomination as permanent BCFP director coming up for Senate consideration

November 16, 2018 0

The Senate will consider the confirmation of a permanent director for the federal consumer financial protection agency within the next couple of weeks under unanimous consent, the Senate leader’s schedule shows. Exact timing is unclear; […]

Fed board confirmation, reports on regulation/supervision, CU agency budgets all ahead this week

November 13, 2018 0

Confirmation of a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, congressional testimony (on both sides of the Capitol) by an incumbent member of the same board, and a meeting of the federal credit union […]

‘Semi-annual report’ sketches out proposed, final rules upcoming from consumer bureau

November 13, 2018 0

At least five proposed rules and three final regulations will be issued by the federal consumer financial protection agency in the coming months, according to a report posted publicly late last week. According to the […]

Data detailing mortgage borrowers’ experiences released by BCFP, FHFA

November 8, 2018 0

A new loan-level dataset that provides insights into borrowers’ experiences in getting residential mortgages was released Thursday for public use by the consumer financial protection bureau and the federal regulator of the housing government-sponsored enterprises. […]

Payday lending effective date stayed (for now) in light of bureau plan to ‘reconsider’ rule

November 8, 2018 0

The payday lending rule’s effective date of Aug. 19, 2019, has been stayed by a federal court in light of a decision by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB) […]

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Delinquency rates on rise for CRE, some consumer loans, Fed supervision report finds

November 15, 2024 0

Delinquency rates for some commercial real estate (CRE) loans and some consumer loans have increased to above pre-pandemic levels, and banks have boosted the allowance for credit losses in anticipation of further deterioration in asset quality, according to a supervision [...]
CLF’s 2025-26 budget, share insurance fund update slated next Thursday

November 15, 2024 0

The budget for the agency’s liquidity facility for credit unions is slated for action during the Nov. 21 open meeting of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board, which will also receive a credit union share (deposit) insurance fund briefing. [...]
Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states

November 15, 2024 0

Federal credit unions (FCUs) may invest in common stock of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, or Farmer Mac, to the extent they must in order to serve as loan originators or sellers in the program, the federal credit union regulator [...]
Fed’s Kugler becomes latest board member to advocate for continued agency independence

November 14, 2024 0

Count Federal Reserve Board Gov. Adriana Kugler as an advocate of continued agency independence, who Thursday said that condition is “fundamental” to the Fed achieving good policy. In remarks to a meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association [...]
VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs

November 14, 2024 0

A Virginia firm must pay $3 million for illegally taking millions of dollars from more than a half-million accounts and blocking money transfers to consumers who are incarcerated, according to charges made public by Thursday by the federal consumer financial [...]
OIG sets 4 recommendations for NCUA’s federal chartering process

November 14, 2024 0

Automation, better communication on process and a process for handling inquiries are recommended for the federal credit union regulator’s chartering process in an inspector general audit report released recently on the agency’s website. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Office [...]
Small FL credit union conserved

November 14, 2024 0

The $59 million-in-assets Alliance Credit Union of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., was conserved last week by the state’s financial regulator, with the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) named conservator. No specific reason for the conservatorship was provided in the NCUA’s evening [...]
PA bank failure, first of year, came from reclassified debt securities, dysfunctional management, report finds

November 13, 2024 0

Republic First Bank became “critically undercapitalized” in April – which a dysfunctional board and management team exacerbated, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure, according to the material loss review published Wednesday by the federal insurer of bank deposits. The report, [...]
Reports of suspected fraud using deepfake media spurs FinCEN to issue ‘red flags’ alert to FIs

November 13, 2024 0

An alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes targeting them and that are associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools was issued Wednesday by Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm. The Financial Crimes [...]