Compliance, Financial Regulation 14 Jan 2025 banks, banking, civil money penalties, penalties, regulation, financial services, farm credit, compliance

⚖️Inflation Adjustments for Civil Money Penalties Effective 2025

This rule implements inflation adjustments to civil money penalties (CMPs) that the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) may impose under the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended. These adjustments are required by 2015 amendments to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990.

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Compliance, Financial Services 14 Jan 2025 regulation, consumer protection, banking, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, consumer financial protection, cfpb, privacy, banks, national banks, credit unions, savings associations, medical debt, credit reporting, holding companies

🚫New CFPB Rule Prohibits Medical Debt in Credit Decisions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing a final rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), concerning medical information. The FCRA prohibits creditors from considering medical information in credit eligibility determinations. The CFPB is removing a regulatory exception that had permitted creditors to obtain and use information on medical debts notwithstanding this statutory limitation. The final rule also provides that a consumer reporting agency generally may not furnish to a creditor a consumer report containing information on medical debt that the creditor is prohibited from using.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 consumer protection, banking, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, consumer financial protection, mortgages, credit, home improvement, cfpb, residential property, advertising, regulation z, banks, national banks, truth-in-lending, pace financing, credit unions, mortgage, savings associations

💼New PACE Financing Regulations

Section 307 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to prescribe ability-to-repay rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and to apply the civil liability provisions of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) for violations. PACE financing is financing to cover the costs of home improvements that results in a tax assessment on the real property of the consumer. In this final rule, the CFPB implements EGRRCPA section 307 and amends Regulation Z to address how TILA applies to PACE transactions.

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