Thursday, March 13, 2025

Legal Briefs

April 2012 Legal Briefs

  • NOW Account Eligibility
  • Mobile Banking Survey
  • CFPB Complaints
  • FinCEN’s Notice on CDD
  • Paperless Treasury Payments
  • More Call Report Changes Coming
  • FHA Mortgage Pricing Cuts
  • SAFE Act Exam Procedures Posted
  • Extra Time to Respond to Comments
  • Checking Out Non-profits
  • CTR Guidance – Businesses with Common Ownership

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March 2012 Legal Briefs

• Overdrafts and UDAP
• MLO Compensation Issues
• FDIC Helps with Understanding Cards
• Mortgage Fraud Update
• SAR Confidentiality
• Playing with your Regulatory Numbers
• Deposit Insurance Coverage Training
• Payment Processor Relationships
 

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February 2012 Legal Briefs

• The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has a Director and the republishing of rules has begun. At the present time, the only major "new" language is in the CFPB’s new Reg E amendments on foreign remittances transfers. Since those don’t take effect until 2013, we will write about them in a future issue. For now, we want to share a selection of questions and answers from the compliance team that cover a broad spectrum of problem areas.

• FAQs

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January 2012 Legal Briefs

By Andy Zavoina

  • Compliance To-Dos for the New Year

By Pauli D. Loeffler

  • Corporations and LLCs

By John S. Burnett

  • Reg Q – Gone, but Not Forgotten

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December 2011 Legal Briefs

By Mary Beth Guard

  • FDIC Talks Internet Banking
  • HMDA LAR Update
  • SAFE Act Renewals
  • Payment Order
  • The BCFP “Gets It”
  • The Big “Why” – Part 3
     EFTA
  • Q&As

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November 2011 Legal Briefs

By Mary Beth Guard 

  • Updated flood guidance
  • OCC Reg E booklet revised
  • Farewell to paper savings bonds
  • Enforcement actions
  • Examiners Can Be Too Soft
  • The Big “Why” – Part 2
     EFTA
         

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October 2011 Legal Briefs

By Mary Beth Guard

State Statutory Changes

• Small Estate Cash Release
• Protection and Preservation of Property During Foreclosure
• Time limit for customer to sue on indorsement problem
• Minor garnishment changes

The Big Why

• SCRA
• EFAA
• BSA
• ECOA
• HMDA
 

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September 2011 Legal Update

By Mary Beth Guard

1. Business Continuity Planning
2. Examination Buzz

  • Financial Statements
  • HMDA
  • Flood Insurance
  • FDIC Signage
  • OFAC
  • Debt Collection
  • SCRA
  • Fair Lending
  • Strange Transactions

3. CFPB Action
4. Watch Your Mortgage-Related Fees
5. Major Anti-Steering Case
6. Foreclosure Policies and Procedures
7. Q&As on Recent Changes to Regs B and V

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August 2011 Legal Briefs

By Mary Beth Guard

  • CFPB Powers Up
  • SAFE Registration Deadline Passes
  • Check Your Email Signature Line
  • Change Your AAN Address
  • Updated Authentication Guidance Issued
  • Risk Management on Prepaid Cards
  • Debit Card Interchange Fees
  • RESPA Reg Clarified
  • Reg B/FCRA Notice Change
  • Changes to the Risk-Based Pricing Notice

 

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July 2011 Legal Update

By Mary Beth Guard:

  • THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

By Pauli D. Loeffler

  • REVISED OKLAHOMA GARNISHMENT FORMS
  • GARNISHMENT QUESTION OF THE MONTH – BANKRUPTCY

By John S. Burnett

  • OCC “DROPS THE OTHER SHOE” ON OVERDRAFTS
  • OCC’S PROPOSED GUIDANCE ON “DEPOSIT ADVANCE”

By Andy Zavoina

  • REG Z AMENDED – DON’T BLOW THIS OFF
  • MORTGAGE DELINQUENCY NOTICE UPDATE
  • MID-YEAR CHECKUP

 

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June 2011 Legal Briefs

By John S. Burnett

  • Federal Garmishment Regulation Update

By Andy Zavoina

  • Exam Procedure Changes:  SCRA and Tenants in Foreclosure Act

By Pauli Loeffler

  • You asked for it…Combined GFE/TIL
  • Reg Z Exemption Amount Increased/Reg Z and Oklahoma’s Uniform Consumer Credit Code("U3C") Coverage Compared
  • Consumer Loan Dollar Amounts Adjust on July 1

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May 2011 Legal Briefs

By John S. Burnett

  • The Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines
  • FDIC Posts OD Guidance FAQ
  • Fed and FDIC Propose to Pull Interest on Deposits Regs

By Pauli Loeffler

  • SHELTER FROM THE STORM – Garnishments, Part Two

By Andy Zavoina

  • Good News and Bad News about a New LAR is in Your Future
  • New FDIC CRC Address
  • Good 1099 News

 

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April 2011 Legal Update

By Mary Beth Guard

  • Appraisals: What’s Changed

By John S. Burnett

  • New Federal Reg to Protect Direct Deposit Benefits Recipients
  • Fed Publishes Final HPML Escrow Rules
  • Fed Announces Another Reg Z Proposal
  • Proposed Reg CC Overhaul Would Mean Shorter Holds, Less Paper
  • Credit Card Rules "Clarification" Published

By Pauli Loeffler

  • The Times They are a-Changin’: How to Deal with Garnishments in Oklahoma after May 1, 2011

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March 2011 Legal Update

By Mary Beth Guard

  • Privacy Notices
  • Compensating Loan Officers
  • Anti-Steering Rules
  • New Appraisal Rules

By John S. Burnett

  • Coping with the FDIC’s Overdraft Guidance

By Andy Zavoina

  • SCRA

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February 2011 Legal Update

By Mary Beth Guard

  • SAFE Act Registry Opens
  • SCRA Becomes a Front Burner Issue
  • New Payment Schedule Disclosures
  • Poof! Proposed Rules Are Gone!
  • Compliance Roundtable Meeting
  • Signs, Signs, Update Your Signs
By John Burnett
  • The Latest in Deposit Insurance
  • Standard Maximum Insurance Amount
  • TAG—Oct. 14, 2008–Dec. 31, 2010—R.I.P.
  • Temporary Unlimited Insurance — Dodd-Frank Act § 343
  • The Last Word (For Now)
 By Pauli Loeffler
  • Revisiting Regulation V: Risk-based Pricing
  • Bankruptcy Practice Pointer: The Co-Debtor Stay
  • Question of the Month (and then some): Revocable Trusts
By Andy Zavoina, CRCM
  • Lending Reg BOOT CAMP: HMDA

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