Small Financial Institutions Continue to Push Back Against CFPB Mortgage Rules
December 5, 2013
Representatives of community banks and credit unions again told sympathetic members of Congress about the harmful effects they anticipate upon their mortgage business once all of the related rules promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally kick in come early January. Every aspect of mortgage lending is subject to new, complex and expensive regulations that will upend the economics of this line of business, Industrial Bank President and CEO Doyle Mitchell, representing the Independent Community Bankers of America, told members of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations during a hearing this week. In particular, community bankers are deeply concerned...