Compliance

LAS VEGAS – Almost 10 months after NCUA said it would more closely regulate CUSOs – and the organizations in turn bombarded the regulator with comment letters – NCUA reportedly is narrowing its focus from the entire CUSO industry to a select group.

WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it plans to introduce new regulations that would ban origination fees that vary with the size of the loan, known as “origination points,” or limit the use of “discount points,” which are supposed to result in lower interest rates.

WASHINGTON – Credit union executives called on Congress this morning to help them deflect new regulations being drafted by the fledgling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying proposals in the pipeline will add significant costs and manpower burdens.

What often seems to be overwhelming regulatory compliance demands will "continue to be an issue" for the foreseeable future, according to one analyst, who is recommending all credit unions have a designated compliance officer.

In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA said the agency has "more than sufficient authority" to help put an end to lawsuits being filed across the country against credit unions over improper ATM disclosures.

Credit unions are being cautioned that despite the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's efforts to streamline lending disclosures, at least initially the regulatory burden may not be so simple.

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas CU Department on Tuesday warned credit unions about understating loan loss reserves, telling state charters an intentional understatement could qualify as an effort to falsify records.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA is preparing to ease the reins on the use of financial derivatives and allow more credit unions to deal in a variety of instruments that would help them hedge interest rate risk, including interest rate swaps, caps, floors, options and collars.

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Realtors FCU has selected the NeighborBench platform, which connects credit unions with a team of compliance experts through the cloud, to help simplify compliance.

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau put banks, credit unions and other lenders on notice last week that it is stepping up enforcement of anti-discrimination laws.