Facebook's New Business Pages & What That Means for Compliance
In 2007, Facebook began the rollout of the now well-known Business Page model, allowing businesses to harness the power of social media to increase...
Online Mortgage Interest | CFPB/FHFA Originations Survey
The latest, highly-anticipated quarterly joint survey conducted by the CFPB and FHFA was recently published on July 30 and the results reflect...
CFPB: Regulation F Amendments to Move Forward without Delay
Although perhaps the most visible victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the mortgage industry have been borrowers struggling to make their payments,...
Cuomo Cracks Down with NY Fair Lending Audits
It’s been nearly six months since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the findings of a broadly-sweeping New York state investigation into...
CFPB drops hammer on GA debt relief company for telemarketing violations
The CFPB announced on July 8 that it had entered into a settlement with Georgia-based debt relief and ‘credit repair’ company Burlington Financial...
Oregon latest to restrict lender remedies during COVID-19 pandemic
Passed on May 19 by the Oregon House of Representatives, HB2009 is the latest state-mandated round of consumer protections designed to protect...
Understanding Mortgage Advertising Record Retention Requirements
The regulations governing advertising in the mortgage industry are numerous and wide-ranging, but the fact remains that there will always be a select...
Mortgage Advertising Regulations - Social Media Counts, Too!
Love it or hate it, social media is a critically important tool that lenders and servicers must utilize in order to attract new customers and stay on...
Lasting Changes to the Financial Industry from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely unsettled consumer lending to such an extent that some methods and facets of the industry may never revert to...