The new Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans Executive Order, signed on August 7, 2025, highlights the importance of ensuring that all Americans have fair and equitable access to banking and credit. As a software company dedicated to empowering financial institutions to manage regulatory compliance effectively and unlock new opportunities for growth, RiskExec has always […]
Fannie Mae Fair Servicing Fannie Mae recently published Fair Servicing Best Practices (“FSBP”). Developed with input from more than 30 mortgage servicers and community advocacy groups, the FSBP is intended to ensure Fannie Mae servicers are aware of the expectations that servicers will treat all borrowers fairly and consistently, and comply with the Equal Credit […]
Following the publication of this article, the Public File deadline was adjusted to January 1, 2026. CRA Public File Updates The recent lawsuit challenging the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) File Rule may have added uncertainty to the implementation timeline, but one crucial aspect remains unchanged: your CRA Public File must be updated and readily available […]
Misleading Marketing Laws As of January 1, 2024, mortgage companies soliciting consumers in Illinois will need to ensure their marketing materials do not run afoul of the state’s new law designed to protect consumers from being misled. The new law provides that any marketing materials from a mortgage company with no connection to the consumer’s […]
2024 HMDA FIG The CFPB announced that the Filing Instructions Guide (FIG) for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data collected in 2024 is now available. The 2024 FIG is a technical resource to help financial institutions file HMDA data collected in 2024 and reported in 2025. They have also released the Supplemental Guide for Quarterly […]
Redlining Updates The CFPB’s first lawsuit against a nonbank mortgage lender for redlining has been dismissed byan Illinois federal Court. The Court held that the protections offered to actual loan applicants arenot extended to prospective applicants. Bureau of Consumer Fin. Prot. V. Townstone Fin., Inc.,2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18405, 2023 WL 1766484 (N.D. Ill. Feb. […]
HMDA Reporting Threshold On September 23, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a judgment invalidating the CFPB’s rule raising the HMDA reporting threshold to 100 covered loans. The court's decision returns the operative HMDA reporting threshold to 25 closed-end loans originated. Notably, the court’s ruling did not alter the […]
The CFPB issued a report on HMDA data collected in 2018, 2019, and 2020 that outlines a number of trends in residential mortgage originations.
On July 15th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed suit against a non-bank lender based in Chicago, alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA); its implementing regulation, Regulation B; and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).
On Thursday, April 16, the CFPB announced an amendment to Regulation C raising the loan-volume coverage thresholds for financial institutions reporting data under the Home Mortgage Reporting Act (HMDA).
The Michigan legislature amended their Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act effective December 5, 2019. An individual who is a registered loan originator will have temporary authority to act as a mortgage loan originator for a specified period without first obtaining a mortgage loan originator license, if all of the following apply: An individual who is […]
The Alaska Department of Commerce, Division of Banking and Securities (“Department”) has amended their regulations dealing with mortgage lending and nonprofit exemptions, effective February 6, 2020. The Massachusetts Department of Banking has amended the rules related to licensing of mortgage loan originators, effective January 10, 2020. 3 Alaska Administrative Code Chapter 14 A bona fide […]