A&B Abstract: On November 3, 2023 the Financial Stability Oversight Council (hereinafter “FSOC” or “Council”) unanimously approved final versions of: (1) the new Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response (“Analytic Framework”); and (2) the updated Guidance for Nonbank Financial Company Determinations (“Nonbank Designations Guidance”). The Analytic Framework was published today in […]
CFPB and Federal Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Automated Valuation Models Rule
A&B Abstract: On June 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with five federal regulatory agencies (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) (the “Agencies”), published for public […]
CFPB Issues Preemption Determination that State Commercial Financing Disclosure Laws Are Not Preempted By TILA
A&B Abstract: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that it issued a final preemption determination concluding that certain state disclosure laws applicable to commercial financing transactions in California, New York, Utah, and Virginia are not preempted by the federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA). As covered in a previous post, we note that […]
CFPB Publishes Fall 2022 Supervisory Highlights
A&B ABstract: On November 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) released its Fall 2022 Supervisory Highlights (Issue 28) (the “Supervisory Highlights”), which, among other things, announces the creation of a Repeat Offender Unit and highlights supervisory observations from examinations conducted by the Bureau in the first half of 2022. Below we […]
NMLS Seeks Comments on Proposed Revisions to Company and Individual Disclosure Questions
A&B Abstract: The Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry (NMLS) Policy Committee is inviting comments on the NMLS Disclosure Questions Proposal. The comment period is now open and runs until August 22. Among other revisions, the proposal details suggested revisions to the disclosure questions on the Company (MU1) and Individual (MU2) forms. Proposed Revisions to […]