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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

Reg Z, M exemption thresholds increased to $58,300 for consumer credit, leases in 2020

October 29, 2019 0

Dollar thresholds have been set at $58,300 for determining exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2020 under rule changes issued jointly by the Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and slated […]

TILA appraisal exemption for higher-priced mortgages increasing to $27,200 in January

October 29, 2019 0

The appraisal exemption threshold under Regulation Z (Truth in Lending Act) for higher-priced mortgage loans (HPMLs) is rising from $26,700 to $27,200 as of Jan. 1, 2020, according to a filing with the Federal Register. […]

Final rule extending HMDA reporting threshold ready for publication

October 28, 2019 0

After nearly three weeks, a final rule extending the threshold for reporting information under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) to January 2022 for lenders making 500 open-end lines of credit or fewer is ready […]

Bureau’s next symposium looks at ECOA reporting, issues

October 24, 2019 0

Information collected, reported, and made public through credit applications made by women-owned, minority-owned and small businesses will be the subject of the federal consumer financial protection agency’s next symposium, set for Nov. 6. The Consumer […]

High court decision to take up CFBP challenge spurs praise by industry, calls for commission

October 21, 2019 0

The Supreme Court’s announcement Friday that it will consider a case challenging the constitutionality of the federal consumer financial protection agency was greeted with praise from financial industry trade groups, who called for a commission, […]

Transition away from LIBOR (to SOFR) addressed in ‘what you need to know’ from CFPB

October 18, 2019 0

The impact of the transition from one commonly used index for setting interest rates on adjustable-rate consumer loan and other products – primarily residential mortgages – to another, new index is addressed in a “what […]

‘Preventing harm to consumers’ top aim of bureau, director says; House Dem report says agency fails to seek consumer relief

October 16, 2019 0

Preventing harm to consumers is the top priority of the federal consumer financial protection agency, its director told a House committee Wednesday – which the agency does through education, providing “clear rules of the road” […]

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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 [...]

Reg Z, M exemption thresholds increased to $58,300 for consumer credit, leases in 2020

TILA appraisal exemption for higher-priced mortgages increasing to $27,200 in January

Final rule extending HMDA reporting threshold ready for publication

Bureau’s next symposium looks at ECOA reporting, issues

High court decision to take up CFBP challenge spurs praise by industry, calls for commission

Transition away from LIBOR (to SOFR) addressed in ‘what you need to know’ from CFPB

‘Preventing harm to consumers’ top aim of bureau, director says; House Dem report says agency fails to seek consumer relief

Total student loan complaints handled by bureau down by about half over past 2 years, new ombudsman’s report shows

Based on 50-plus year-old model, Bureau to set up task force to ‘strengthen, improve’ consumer protection law, rules

Bureau extends suspension on HMDA data reporting by some for two more years

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

Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states

Fed’s Kugler becomes latest board member to advocate for continued agency independence

VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs

OIG sets 4 recommendations for NCUA’s federal chartering process

Small FL credit union conserved

PA bank failure, first of year, came from reclassified debt securities, dysfunctional management, report finds

Reports of suspected fraud using deepfake media spurs FinCEN to issue ‘red flags’ alert to FIs