Compliance Watch

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently announced the availability of data on 2021 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act by 4,338 U.S. financial institutions.

The CFPB has posted a Bureau Blog article, "Measuring the Impact of Financial Institution Overdraft Programs on Consumers," announcing that the Bureau has been piloting a supervision effort to collect key metrics from some supervised institutions regarding the consumer impact of their overdraft and non-sufficient fund practices.

On June 10, the Texas Credit Union Commission met at the Texas Credit Union Department building in Austin. The following is a summary of the meeting.

Yesterday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2543, the Expanding Financial Access for Underserved Communities Act, as part of a larger financial services bill.

Texas Credit Union Department Commissioner John Kolhoff has announced his resignation, effective July 15, 2022. The Credit Union Commission will promptly begin a search for his replacement.

Question: Under Reg E, if a member is persuaded to initiate a transaction (on his/her own) that the member later learns to be fraudulent, is that considered and unauthorized transaction we would have to credit the member for? Answer: No. Regulation E and recent interpretations from the CFPB reaffirm that if a member initiates a transaction using that member’s own credentials, the transaction is not considered unauthorized.

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A recent RISK Alert from CUNA Mutual Group discusses scams involving the redemption of U.S. Savings Bonds and includes information about validating bonds presented for cashing.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking comments from the public related to relationship banking and how consumers can assert the right to obtain timely responses to requests for information about their accounts from banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion in assets, as well as from their affiliates.

This past Wednesday, June 15 was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. FinCEN has issued Advisory FIN-2022-A002 on Elder Financial Exploitation (EFE), which involves the illegal or improper use of an older adult’s funds, property, or assets and is often perpetrated either through theft or scams.