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New SAFE Act Examination Guidelines for State Regulated Entities: Spring Cleaning May Be Required

New SAFE Act Examination Guidelines for State Regulated Entities: Spring Cleaning May Be Required

By: Nanci L. Weissgold

The Multistate Mortgage Committee’s (“MMC”) new SAFE Act Examination Guidelines (“SEGs” or “Guidelines”) leave little doubt that nondepository institutions should expect more detailed and intrusive examinations of their mortgage loan originator (“MLO”) hires and policies by state regulators. The MMC, a 10 state representative body formed under the CSBS/AARMR Nationwide Cooperative Protocol and Agreement for Mortgage Supervision, is responsible for developing a process for multistate mortgage examinations. Although created under the guise of multistate examinations, the intent of the MMC is to provide state regulators with a uniform examination process to determine SAFE Act compliance and to provide those same tools to in-house compliance and audit departments. Read More

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