BCG Newsletter Archive: Year 2008

		BCG Newsletter Archive: 2008

BCG Newsletters Produced In The Year: 2008

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January 2008 Highlights
File Name: January08_Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 1.4mb)

FRB Proposes Changes to HOEPA Rules
White House Issues Plan for Assisting Subprime Borrowers Facing Foreclosure
Lawmakers Seeking to Regulate UDAP
HMDA Reporting Trigger
FDIC Updates IT Officer's Questionnaire

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February 2008 Highlights
File Name: February08Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 661kb)

Federal and State Legislatures Seek to Aid Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
California Lawmakers Introduce Subprime Lending Reform Measure
TILA Claims Permitted on Loan Involving Living Trust

Internal Controls Key to Maintaining Flood Insurance Coverage

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March 2008 Highlights
File Name: March08_Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 675kb)

Treasury Offers Lifeline to Delinquent Mortgage Borrowers
OTS Contemplates Plan to Ease Negative Equity Loans
OCC Exams Tap Flawed Flood Determination Practices
Lending Preemption Provisions Upheld by Ninth Circuit

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April 2008 Highlights
File Name: April08Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 7.65MB)

RESPA Reform Proposed
Agencies Propose New and Revised Flood Q&As
Recent Change to the VISA International Service Assessment Fee
Mortgage Interest Calculation Claim Dismissed
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May 2008 Highlights
File Name: May08Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 7.65MB)

Court Holds OD Protection Programs Not Credit Under TILA
Federal Court Decides FCRA-Related “Advertising Injury” Insurance Coverage Dispute
Location Information for Borrower
OCC Issues New Rules to Ease Regulatory Burden
New Law Amends Registration and Licensing Requirements for Professional Fiduciaries
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June 2008 Highlights
File Name: June08_Newsletter.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 2MB)

Regulators Issue Proposed Rules to Enforce Unfair and Deceptive Practices
Final Hybrid ARM Illustrations for Consumer Information Issued
OTS Updates Provisions of its Examination Handbook

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July 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-July08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 2MB)

Amendments Proposed to Member Business Loan Rule
Treasury and IRS Release New Health Savings Account Guidance
FDIC and United Way Partner to Bank the Unbanked
Standard Package On-line Training Powered by BankersEdge™
Chapter Meeting, BCG Seminars and STS Seminars

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August 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-August08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 688K)

FRB Amends Home Mortgage Provisions of Regulation Z
FRB Proposes Regulation C Amendments for Reporting Higher-Priced Loans
California Adopts Mortgage Foreclosure Law
Compliance Aspects of the New Federal Housing Bill
“Fair Value” Rule Does Not Apply to Guarantors; Settlors of a Trust can be “True Guarantors”
HELOC Brochure Updated to Address Freezing or Reducing Lines
Lawmakers Seek Support in Swaying HUD to Withdraw RESPA Proposal

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September 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-September08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 688K)

FDIC Updates Address in Fair Housing and Nondiscrimination Rules
Annual Adjustment Made to Fee-based Trigger for High-cost Mortgage Loans
FFIEC Approves Exam Procedures for Service Member Consumer Credit Regulations
State Supreme Court Ruling on Sexual Orientation Could Impact Financial Institutions
Loan Modification Program Unveiled by FDIC for IndyMac Mortgage Loans
OTS Issues HELOC Account Management Guidance

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October 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-October08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 686K)

One Day Delay in Closing Invalidates Rescission Notice
Annual Adjustment Made to Fee-based Trigger for High-cost Mortgage Loans
OTS Issues Guidance on Freezing HELOCs
FDIC Issues Best Practices for Mortgage Loans to LMI Families
OTS Updates Examiner Handbook to Address Policy on Documentation and Underwriting Standards
Additional or Replacement Card and Change of Address Notice

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November 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-November08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 699K)

FRB Finalizes HMDA Rules on Reporting Higher-Priced Loans
Update to Reg B Amends OTS Address for Adverse Action Notices
FinCEN Proposes to Restructure BSA Regulations
Agencies Take Steps to Implement Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Amendments to ADA Enacted
Proposal Would Ease Shared Branch Network Sign Rules

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December 2008 Highlights
File Name: NL-December08.pdf . . . . View Entire Issue (file size: 699K)

New Proposed Amendments to Regulation Z (Closed-end Rules)
HUD Issues New Good Faith Estimate and HUD-1 Disclosures
Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines Proposed
CRA CD Potential as a Result of Southern California Wildfires
Correction to SPM 15 Appendix L National Bank CRA Lobby Notice
Standard Package On-line Training Powered by BankersEdge™

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