ABA Banking Journal

The CFPB today issued policy guidance on the loan-level Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data it will make available to the public under the revised HMDA data collection rules, which take effect in 2018.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today modified the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B) to provide flexibility for lenders around the collection of applicants’ demographic data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (Regulation C).

ABA today submitted comments on a recent joint proposal by regulators to pause the transition to the Basel III capital framework for banks not using the Basel advanced approaches.

With high-profile data breaches continuing to make headlines, the American Bankers Association has endorsed the data breach services offered by CyberScout to help banks stay a step ahead of the growing threat.

The American Bankers Association, together with the Independent Community Bankers of America, wrote to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership today urging lawmakers to reject provisions included in the House appropriations bill for FY2018 that would bring the FDIC and the non-monetary functions of the Federal Reserve under the appropriations process.

As Congress prepares to move ahead with tax reform, CEOs continue to have high levels of confidence in the U.S. economy, according to the latest Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index released today.

The American Bankers Association continued its call to Congress and policymakers to “unleash America’s potential” with a print ad in the Washington Post today.

Bob Jones, president and CEO of United Bank in Atmore, Ala., has been appointed by President Trump to serve a four-year term as a member of the Community Development Advisory Board as the representative of insured depository institutions.

In a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, ABA urged the bureau to confirm that it does not intend to test how it may collect complaints from small businesses.

The federal regulatory agencies today proposed amendments to their respective Community Reinvestment Act regulations to address recent changes to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.