Compliance

WASHINGTON — The Dodd-Frank Act is a burden on credit unions and community banks but regulators are struggling to quantify the costs, according to a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.

Mortgage lenders on both the residential and commercial sides of the business will have to deal with a different lending environment in 2016. These include enforcement of TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure violations plus rising interest rates and the impact on origination volumes. Here are 10 observations that originators need to mull over while crafting their business plans for the coming year.

A federal judge is urging the parties of a closely watched pot-banking case to settle their dispute.

Relations between banks and providers of personal financial management tools have soured of late amid reports that some banks block PFM sites' access to their customers' information during peak traffic periods. Aggregators say they are working to address banks' concerns, but they also are urging banks to invest in more server capacity to keep pace with customer demand.

Holiday shopping doesn’t stop after December 25. It goes beyond that as many consumers buy goods post-holiday as well, boosting sales even more.

Despite increased investment and development in the consumer payments space around mag stripe, EMV and contactless payments solutions, there is still a huge concern when it comes to data theft.

A federal judge is urging the parties of a closely watched pot-banking case to settle their dispute.

The holiday shopping season may be over, but that doesn’t mean that consumers will stop using their credit or debit cards in 2016.

In a closely-watched Colorado case that could set a precedent for financial institutions seeking to serve marijuana retailers, a judge has encouraged both parties to consider a mellow resolution.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is charging the law firm Frederick J. Hanna & Associates $3.1 million over allegations that it illegally filed debt collection lawsuits against consumers.