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TCA IS ON THE MOVE!
TCA has moved our corporate headquarters from Chicago to Oak Brook, Illinois. While we are sad to leave our home for the past 30 years, we are excited for the new opportunities our new headquarters will provide. Given its central location, our new office is easily accessible from downtown Chicago, the suburbs, the airports, and […]
Ready for HMDA 2021 Filing?
On August 21, 2020, the CFPB released the 2021 HMDA Filing Instructions Guide (FIG) for data collected in 2020 and reported in 2021. Besides changing the references of “2020” to “2021,” the other changes are less cosmetic, such as updated descriptions and instructions for certain fields and revisions to certain edits. Also, we note they […]
Lots of Regulation Z Updates
Based on the 0.1% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) in effect on June 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a number of new triggering thresholds which go into effect on January 1, 2021. They include: The minimum interest charge disclosure threshold of $1.00 under the CARD Act will remain unchanged. […]
New Hemp-related Business Guidance
On June 29, 2020, FinCEN published FIN-2020-G001 providing guidance for obtaining due diligence information for hemp-related businesses. The BSA industry has wrestled with cannabis and its derivative rules since FinCEN’s initial 2014 guidance for banking marijuana-related businesses. Between 2014 and 2018, hemp was equated with marijuana since both are derived from the same plant. However, […]
Adverse Action Notice Requirements For Loans and Deposits
When you deny a credit application or a deposit account request, you simply fill out a form and move on to the next customer, right? If only it were that simple! This article will clarify the who, what and why of the different requirements for denying loan applications and deposit requests for consumers and businesses […]
LIBOR – CFPB Proposes Amendments to Reg Z to Facilitate Transition
We have all heard that the LIBOR index may no longer be available after 2021 and over the past year TCA has received many questions regarding the transition from the LIBOR. How do we prepare? What is the replacement index? Is there advance notice required? On June 2, 2020, the CFPB released three items related […]
Limited Open-End Credit eSign Exemption Due to COVID-19
The Consumer Financial Protection bureau released a Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding Electronic Credit Card Disclosures in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is described as a temporary and targeted flexibility for credit card issuers during this pandemic regarding the electronic provision of certain disclosures required to be in writing. Regulation Z generally […]
Covid-19 and Compliance Engagements
Throughout this pandemic, TCA Compliance has looked to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for guidance on how best to manage the effects of Covid-19 on our business. Now that stay-at-home orders are being lifted and businesses are reopening, we’ve again relied on the CDC in developing a strategy to protect the health […]
FinCEN Guidance on Medical Scams and COVID-19
As we continue to adjust with the evolving pandemic, FinCEN published two documents to keep awareness high. The May 18, 2020 Notice provides a current update to meet the various BSA reporting, recordkeeping and monitoring requirements. Here are a few of the key points: BSA Reporting Requirements – As noted in TCA’s earlier article BSA […]
Loan Servicing & Loss Mitigation Are Fair Lending Risks Too!
As we are all in this unusual time of a pandemic with various levels of lockdowns and social restrictions and the resulting economic downturn, unemployment and business closures, many financial institutions are trying to wade through processes on how to help their customer base through modifications, deferments, waiving of fees and loan proceeds for small […]
