Compliance Resources

Team Names & Other DBAs – What Are the Rules?

Loan officers and other financial industry members utilize social media every day to market themselves to consumers on a more personal level. As more...

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Understanding the State Community Reinvestment Act

One of the most insidious forms of discrimination in lending over the past several decades has been redlining, a long-illegal practice where...

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Disparate Impact vs. Disparate Treatment - What’s the Difference?

For newcomers breaking into the lending industry, the sheer number of laws in place to regulate lender practices can seem uncountable. Whether it’s...

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DOJ, Merrick Garland Announce Initiatives to Combat “Modern-Day Redlining”

Discrimination and unequal treatment have been a pervasive thorn in the side of the lending industry since its inception and one of its most common...

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CFPB Investigating Widespread Lending Violations in First Half of 2021

Financial regulators and lawmakers have worked tirelessly for decades to even the lending playing field for all possible customers, regardless of...

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PNC Partners with ActiveComply for Social Media Compliance

ActiveComply and PNC Bank have announced an official collaboration between the social media monitoring firm and the top-ten depository today. Through...

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Understanding Targeted Ads on Social Media

It has been noted by military historians that victors of great battles in ancient history were often those who were able to solve the logistical...

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TikTok - The Newest Platform With Compliance Concerns

Over the past decade or so, online social networks have connected the world like never before. And as the technology has matured and evolved, its...

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Reverse Mortgages - Where Advertising Can Go Wrong

Loans have been a staple of human survival for thousands of years. Goods, services, money, even household belongings have traded hands and deals have...

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