Final rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is issuing a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect the asset-size exemption threshold for banks, savings associations, and credit unions based on the annual percentage change in the average of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

This rule amends Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to implement certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act made by the Dodd-Frank Act. This rule amends the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau’s Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to reflect changes in the asset-size thresholds for certain creditors to qualify for an exemption to the requirement to establish an escrow account for a higher-priced mortgage loan.

This final rule increases the dollar threshold exempting certain credit extensions from the special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans from $28,500 to $31,000, effective January 1, 2023.

The CFPB is issuing this advisory opinion to affirm that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B protect not only those actively seeking credit but also those who sought and have received credit.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are amending Regulation CC, which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act, to adjust dollar amounts to inflation and to extend coverage to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.  

Pursuant to section 1028(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Bureau issued a final rule establishing 12 CFR part 1040 to regulate arbitration agreements in contracts for specified consumer financial product and services.  

The final rule also implements the minimum requirements in the Dodd-Frank Act for AMCs that are subsidiaries owned and controlled by an insured depository institution and regulated by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency (Federally regulated AMCs).

In 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued the “Integrated Mortgage Disclosures Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)” final rule (TILA-RESPA Final Rule).

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as amended, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) published for public comment an interim final rule establishing a new Regulation V (Fair Credit Reporting) on December 21, 2011.