The OCC today updated its Comptroller’s Handbook guidance on complying with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Regulation X. The new booklet covers the transfer of rulemaking authority for Reg X to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as well as new mortgage servicing requirements, new loss mitigation procedures, new prohibitions related to borrower assertions of error and new servicing-related exam procedures.
Small Business Bank in Kansas closed by regulators
Kansas regulators closed Small Business Bank in Lenexa, Kansas, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. The Farmers State Bank of Oakley, Kansas, agreed to assume substantially all deposits and purchase certain assets.








