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. These changes reflect updates to, together with affiliates that regularly extended covered transactions secured by first liens, had total assets of less than $2 billion (adjusted annually for inflation) and the exemption the Bureau added, by implementing section 108 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA), for certain insured depository institutions and insured credit unions with assets of $10 billion or less (adjusted annually for inflation). These amendments are based on the annual percentage change in the average of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

CFPB Issues Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights (CFPA section 1033).

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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is finalizing in part its proposed rule on consumer data rights under section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the CFPB are amending Regulation CC, which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act, to adjust for inflation dollar amounts relating to availability of funds.

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.

On Nov. 1, 2017, the President signed a joint resolution passed by Congress disapproving the Arbitration Agreements Rule under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).

Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies.

Rules and forms that combine certain disclosures that consumers receive when applying and closing on a mortgage loan under the TILA (Regulation Z) and RESPA (Regulation X).

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as amended, the Bureau published for public comment an interim final rule establishing a...