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This topic consolidates legislative summaries of proposed and final regulatory rules impacting the mortgage banking industry today. This includes rules promulgated by federal regulatory agencies as well as up-to-the-minute legislative actions out of Washington, DC.

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December 07, 2021

CFPB Issues Final Rule to Facilitate Transition from LIBOR

The CFPB finalized a rule facilitating the transition away from the LIBOR interest rate index for consumer financial products, establishing requirements for how creditors must select replacement indices for existing LIBOR-linked consumer loans after April 1, 2022.

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December 03, 2021

U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Fraud Facilitators, Doubling Last Year’s Enforcement

The fourth annual Money Mule Initiative, which targets networks of individuals through which international fraudsters obtain proceeds of fraud schemes was announced today by the Department of Justice, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and five other federal law enforcement agencies, including the CFPB.

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December 03, 2021

OCC: Home Buyers Remain in Large Metropolitan Statistical Areas Despite COVID-19

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released an OnPoint economic paper examining mortgage data reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) for evidence supporting the claim of movement away from large metropolitan statistical areas in 2020.

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December 03, 2021

U.S. Treasury Supports National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

The U.S. Treasury has announced measures it will use in support of the national action plan to combat human trafficking.

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December 02, 2021

Agencies Announce Threshold for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans will increase in 2022.

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December 01, 2021

OCC Bulletin 2021-58: Calendar Year 2022 Fees and Assessments Structure

This bulletin informs all national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks of fees and assessments charged by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for calendar year 2022 and becomes effective January 1, 2022.

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December 01, 2021

Federal and State Regulators Release Updates to the BSA/AML Examination Manual

The FFIEC today released one new section and updates to three sections of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual.

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December 01, 2021

CFPB Releases Two New Research Reports on Overdraft Fees

The CFPB issued two new data briefs, "Overdraft/NSF Fee Reliance Since 2015 – Evidence from Bank Call Reports" and "Checking Account Overdraft at Financial Institutions Served by Core Processors", and announced that enhanced scrutiny of ODP programs would follow.

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November 30, 2021

CFPB Issues Final Rule Regarding FCRA Ceiling on Allowable Charges

The CFPB issued a final rule to amend an appendix for Regulation V that implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as well as announce that the ceiling on allowable charges under section 612(f) of the FCRA will increase to $13.50 for 2022 effective on January 1, 2022.

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November 30, 2021

CFPB Issues Advisory with Voluntary Recommendations About Trusted Contacts

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has provided voluntary recommendations in this advisory for financial institutions to help them prevent elder financial exploitation with alerts to trusted contacts.

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November 30, 2021

Final Rule: Annual Threshold Exemption Reg M Consumer Leasing

The FRS and CFPB published a final rule announcing the Consumer Leasing (Regulation M) exemption threshold will increase from $58,300 to $61,000 effective January 1, 2022.

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November 30, 2021

Final Rule: Reg Z Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Exemption Threshold

The CFPB issued a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect a change in the loan amount for higher priced mortgage loan (HPML) appraisal exemptions from $27,200 to $28,500, effective January 1, 2022.

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November 29, 2021

OCC Issues First and Second Quarter 2022 CRA Evaluation Schedule

The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations to be performed in the first and second quarters of 2022.

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November 23, 2021

OCC Bulletin 2021-55 Computer-Security Incident Notification - Final Rule

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published a final rule to establish computer-security incident notification requirements for banking organizations and their bank service providers effective April 1, 2022.

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