Federal Reserve – Consumer Financial Services Watch

The CFPB and the Fed Adjust Regulation CC for Inflation

Aug 28 2019

On June 24, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) amended Regulation CC, which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act (the “EFAA”), to adjust for inflation the amount of funds depository institutions must make available to their customers after funds have been deposited and the civil liabilities for failing to meet these obligations (the “Amendment”). However, depository institutions will not need to adjust their compliance procedures right away. To “help ensure that institutions have sufficient time to implement the adjustments,” the Agencies set July 1, 2020 as the compliance deadline. Below is a summary of the key funds availability rules and how they are changed (or not) by the Amendment.

Federal Reserve Staff Offer UDAP Guidance

Mar 26 2013

By: Soyong Cho , David I. Monteiro

On Tuesday, March 5, senior staff with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco presented a webinar on the prohibitions on unfair and deceptive practices under the Dodd-Frank Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, and presented a number of case studies and compliance pointers, based on the Federal Reserve’s own enforcement and investigatory matters. Read More

GSE Loan Repurchase Policies Impede Economic Recovery

Jan 10 2012

By: Laurence E. Platt

The loan repurchase policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are one of the factors that have exacerbated the U.S. housing crisis and impeded economic recovery, according to two recent releases by notable federal government actors. These reports call into question whether the aggressive repurchase stance of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator of the GSEs, to reduce short-term losses to U.S. taxpayers instead might work to the long-term detriment of such taxpayers. Lenders reportedly responded by saying: “like, duh!” Read More

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