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Fair Lending & Relationship Loan Pricing

While not all financial institutions offer private banking services, they do likely have certain...

Where Do Complaints Come From?

Your examiners consider complaint data and your management of that data to be a critical component...

Top Violations: TRID & Shopping

If you provide a single shopping list for all your TRID applications, you might find yourself in...

The Difficulty of UDAAP

We all know that compliance isn’t always black or white. Situations often arise that fall in that...

CFPB Approves Application for Alternative Construction Disclosures

The CFPB recently announced it has approved an application from the Independent Community Bankers...

The Role of the Compliance Officer: Training

Being a Compliance Officer isn’t an easy job. You are asked to do a wide variety of tasks which...

BSA for the Board: What’s the Purpose of CDD?

Customer Due Diligence (CDD) is all about figuring out who your customers are. You gather...

RESPA Section 8: Referral Fees

We get questions all the time about paying referral fees, whether that be to third parties or an...

Top Violations: Application Date

You won’t find anything in the compliance regulations that specifically requires you to document...

SAFE Act: Ongoing Updates & Renewals

The SAFE Act requires Mortgage Loan Originators (MLOs) to be licensed and registered. That includes...

UDAAP Oversight

When it comes to Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP), we can’t really turn to a...

HMDA: Manufactured Homes

When it comes to HMDA, there are some things to be aware of when dealing with manufactured homes....

Section 1071 Delay Extended Nationwide

Trying to keep up with the legal battles surrounding the CFPB and the Section 1071 Rule has been a...

The Role of the Compliance Officer: Reporting Information

We like to refer to Compliance Officers as being the “conduit of information” in a financial...

BSA for the Board: Risk Assessments

When it comes to BSA compliance, we like to say your risk assessment is your sword and shield....

RESPA Section 8: Paying for Settlement Services

Section 8 of RESPA states you cannot pay or receive a fee or thing of value in return for referring...