California Business Regulator Warns Lenders, Servicers on Filing of Mandatory Reports. On June 29, the California Department of Business Oversight warned residential mortgage lenders and servicers that their failure to file annual reports could lead to enforcement actions. The DBO supervises state-licensed financial institutions as well as licenses and regulates financial service providers. The agency cited data in its 2017 annual report, which showed that licensee business reports filed last year have dropped 8 percent from the prior year. DBO Commissioner Jan Lynn Owen called the decline “disturbing” and warned that the agency would take appropriate action to deal with licensees that do not file their reports. CA’s Residential Mortgage Lending Act requires all licensed mortgage lenders and servicers to file a report annually with the DBO. Failure to comply automatically triggers a department audit, which ordinarily ...