Credit union industry representatives want the CFPB to expand some exemptions in some of its recent rulemakings so their CU members could reach larger portions of their targeted markets. One of the recent amendments the bureau proposed to its mortgage rules issued in 2013 would provide an alternative definition of “small provider” applicable to Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities that service loans for a fee and on behalf of other nonprofit entities within the same overall organization.This is the so-called “small servicer exemption.” Also for 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities, the proposed rule would exempt certain interest-free, contingent subordinate liens from the credit extension limit under the ability-to-repay rule. This is what’s known as the “small creditor exemption.” As ...
Officials with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors suggest that state regulators are likely to set capital requirements for nonbank servicers due to concerns about how a failure of a nonbank would impact borrowers. “People have to feel confident that their mortgage check is going where it’s supposed to go, when it’s supposed to get there,” Chuck Cross, a senior vice president for consumer protection at the CSBS, said last week during a webinar hosted by Inside Mortgage Finance Publications ...