Community Banks See Decline in Small Business Loan Volume
Insights from a Fed/CSBS survey of the community bank scene.
Browsing: TILA-RESPA integrated disclosures
Midsize Bank Exec Discusses SIFI Designation Reform at House Hearing
Testifying on ABA’s behalf before a House Financial Services subcommittee yesterday, a midsize bank executive emphasized the importance of proposed legislation that would remove arbitrary asset thresholds that impose limits on growth.
Weekly Infobyte: How Are Banks Using Third-Party Tools to Facilitate Compliance?
OCC: Compliance Risk Management Rising as Agency Supervisory Priority
The OCC is focusing on credit risk, compliance risk and strategic risk as its top supervisory priorities at community and midsize banks, according to the agency’s Semiannual Risk Perspective report released today.
CFPB Finalizes Latest Round of TRID Amendments
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today finalized amendments to the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure rule.
Treasury Department Issues Sweeping Regulatory Reform Recommendations
The Treasury Department tonight issued a 150-page report making dozens of recommendations for how Congress and regulatory agencies can streamline bank regulation in a way that promotes economic growth.
ABA Announces Three Endorsements at Compliance Conference
ABA today announced three new Endorsed Solutions at the association’s Regulatory Compliance Conference in Orlando, Fla. The new endorsements, made through ABA’s Corporation for American Banking subsidiary, include TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure compliance, compliance management software and website accessibility.
ABA Submits Recommendations for Housing Finance Reform
As part of the banking industry’s continuing response to President Trump’s executive order outlining “core principles” for financial regulation, ABA submitted two white papers to the Treasury Department today with recommendations for reforming current mortgage lending rules and regulations and the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Moran, Tester, Tillis, Heitkamp Introduce Limited Reg Relief Bill
Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) yesterday introduced the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act (S. 1002), a package of financial regulatory relief measures targeted at community banks.
Fed Advisory Council Highlights Concerns over Regulations, Exams
Members of the Federal Reserve’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council — which includes several ABA member bank CEOs — raised concerns about compliance examination processes and the current regulatory landscape in a recent meeting, according to minutes released by the Fed. “The council is very concerned that the working partnership that has existed for many