The Structured Finance Industry Group wants the CFPB to reconsider its decision to take action against securitization trusts for the wrongdoing of independent student loan servicers.
The CFPB fined Freedom Mortgage $1.75 million to settle allegations that the nation’s eighth largest home originator intentionally reported inaccurate data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
Lenders now have 15 more months to comply with the underwriting requirements of the payday lending rule. The CFPB is still considering rescinding that portion.
One year after the passage of the Dodd-Frank reform act, community banks say they have been benefiting from regulatory relief, but further implementation of some provisions is still needed.
Residential servicer BSI Financial Services agreed to pay roughly $230,000 for mishandling mortgage servicing transfers. It marks the first mortgage-related enforcement action under Director Kathy Kraninger.
A number of states, including Illinois and New Hampshire, last month amended their licensing rules to address certain challenges faced by mortgage lenders.
The bureau has turned its attention toward steps needed to address the “GSE patch” along with other changes to its rulemaking activity. But it has not indicated the approach it is considering.
The Government Accountability Office recommended that the CFPB clarify which financial institutions can offer rehabilitation programs to private student loan borrowers. But the bureau decided otherwise.
Discussions over the expiring “QM patch” heated up recently with the American Enterprise Institute accusing the Urban Institute of “bad economics” on its solution to the problem.
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