Federal Reserve: Regulation C Repealed and Public Comment Sought on Proposed Revisions to Regulation M
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the repeal of one regulation and the revision of a second to reflect the transfer of certain consumer protection rulewriting authority to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Board is publishing a final rule to repeal Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure), which has been superseded by final…
Interagency Guidance: Examiner Guidance for Institutions Affected by Major Disasters Released
Printable Format: FDIC FIL-62-2017 – PDF (PDF Help) OCC Bulletin 2017-61 Federal Reserve SR 17-14 Summary: The federal financial institution regulatory agencies, in consultation with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, have jointly issued the attached guidance outlining the supervisory practices to be followed in assessing the financial condition of insured depository institutions and branches and…
Federal Reserve: Speech – Workforce Development in Today’s Economy
Governor Lael Brainard At “Leading the Way: A Workforce Development Video Campaign” awards ceremony hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools in the Greater Rochester Area, Rochester, N.Y. I would like to thank the staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for inviting…
Federal Reserve: FEDS | Bank Failures, Capital Buffers and Exposure to the Housing Market Bubble
Bank Failures, Capital Buffers, and Exposure to the Housing Market Bubble (PDF) Gazi I. Kara and Cindy M. Vojtech Abstract: We empirically document that banks with greater exposure to high home price-to-income ratio regions in 2005 and 2006 have higher mortgage delinquency and charge-off rates and significantly higher probabilities of failure during the last financial crisis…
Federal Reserve: FEDS | On Intergenerational Immobility – Evidence that Adult Credit Health Reflects the Childhood Environment
March 2017 (Revised November 2017) On Intergenerational Immobility: Evidence that Adult Credit Health Reflects the Childhood Environment (PDF) Sarena Goodman, Alice Henriques, and Alvaro Mezza Abstract: Using a novel dataset that links socioeconomic background to future credit, postsecondary education, and federal student loan and grant records, we document that, even though it is not and…
Joint Release: Agencies Announce Threshold for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2018 will increase from $25,500 to $26,000. The threshold amount will be effective January 1,…
Federal Reserve: Speech | Where Do Consumers Fit in the FinTech Stack?
Where Do Consumers Fit in the Fintech Stack? Governor Lael Brainard The new generation of fintech tools offers the potential to help consumers manage their increasingly complicated financial lives, but also poses risks that will need to be managed as the marketplace matures.1 In many ways, the new generation of fintech tools can be seen…
Federal Reserve: New Members of Community Advisory Council Announced
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced five new members of its Community Advisory Council (CAC). The CAC is composed of a diverse group of experts and representatives of consumer, workforce, and community development organizations and interests, including from such fields as affordable housing, economic development, labor, small business, and asset and wealth building. CAC…