The FDIC’s community bank study shows that an unusually high percentage of small community banks reduced their residential holdings after the 2008 financial crisis. Reason: high compliance costs due to the large volume of new mortgage rules.
The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-1-1 to fine Texas-based Ascension Data & Analytics for failure to ensure its vendor was adequately securing consumers’ personal data.
Discover Bank has agreed to pay $35 million to settle student loan violations while Santander Consumer USA was fined $4.75 million for credit reporting miscues tied to auto loans.
Citing existing mortgage regulations at the federal level, the Urban Institute said it might be most appropriate for the FHFA or the Federal Reserve to regulate nonbank mortgage servicers.
The CFPB finalized its qualified-mortgage revisions to replace the 43% debt-to-income ratio with a pricing threshold. Meanwhile, the agency also finalized its “seasoned” QM rule allowing certain non-agency loans to become QMs if they meet performance requirements.
In the new year, the CFPB will propose changes to its loss-mitigation rules to govern how residential servicers work with borrowers affected by natural disasters and other emergencies.
According to the CFPB, from 2014 to 2018, Seterus failed to handle and process homeowners’ applications for loss-mitigation options. The mortgage servicer was acquired from IBM by Mr. Cooper in 2019.