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2022 NCUA Annual Report: A Guide for Credit Unions on Fair Lending Compliance
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) recently released its 2022 Annual Report, which highlights its ongoing commitment to fair lending practices. The report discusses the agency’s efforts to strengthen consumer financial protection and fair lending examination programs, including the addition of two new fair lending specialist positions. The report emphasizes the importance of reviewing compliance…
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Key Questions to Ask about CRA Submission Software
Compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is essential for financial institutions that want to remain in good standing with regulators and the communities they serve. The CRA requires banks and other lenders to meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, particularly in low- and moderate-income areas. One crucial aspect of…
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8 Key HMDA, Fair Lending, & CRA Developments in 2022
Let’s recap what has happened in 2022 on three different fronts: HMDA, fair lending, and CRA (the Community Reinvestment Act). I count eight important developments. These are listed in no particular order below: 1. In 2022, the FFIEC released new census tract boundaries, labels, and demographics for use in the analysis of 2022 lending data.…
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2022 Year-in-Review of HMDA, Fair Lending, and CRA Developments
Let’s recap what has happened in 2022 on three different fronts: HMDA, fair lending, and CRA (the Community Reinvestment Act). I count eight important developments. These are listed in no particular order below: 1. In 2022, the FFIEC released new census tract boundaries, labels, and demographics for use in analysis of 2022 lending data. Relative…
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CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) State Laws
We all know the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was enacted in 1977. It requires banks to meet the needs of communities in which they do business with a specific emphasis on lending to low- and moderate-income borrowers and/or in low- and moderate-income census tracts. Many mortgage companies (non-bank lenders) assume they do not have to…
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Section 1071 Small Business Lending Fair Lending Analysis
Recently, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding the implementation of Section 1071 for Small Business Lending and its impact on the financial services industry. What we do know is that the CFPB is in the process of writing regulations to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. ComplianceTech will be ready when it…
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Practical Guidance on How to Monitor and Assess Redlining Risk
This article will highlight a few recent high profile redlining cases and their settlements. Then, we will explain how fair lending software and consulting can help mortgage lenders evaluate their redlining risk. Our tools are guided by the following settlements involving the federal government: ESSA Bank & Trust City National Bank (2023) Lakeland Bank (2022)…
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2021 HMDA Data Now in LendingPatterns™
ComplianceTech Announces the Refresh of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data in LendingPatterns to Include 2021 Data ComplianceTech today announces the refresh of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data in LendingPatterns™ to include the 2021 data as published by the CFPB on March 24, 2022. Using the 2021 HMDA data from every lender in…
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Brief Summary of 2021 Modified HMDA LARs
HMDA Data Summary The total number of rows in the 2021 Modified LARs (25.96 million) and the number of originated transactions (14.89 million), while very high by historical standards, are both around two percentage points higher than the 2020 Snapshot data. What is a more intriguing trend is the apparent consolidation in the mortgage industry.…
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HMDA Data and Strategic Planning for Mortgage Lenders
As a mortgage compliance professional, you know your fair lending responsibility related to HMDA; but I want to go beyond and discuss how to use HMDA data for strategic planning. If you are concerned with corporate growth and development, then you know this is more than a check-the-box exercise. Done with attention and thought, the…