Five Star will host a networking reception in Orlando Tuesday night, bringing together mortgage servicing professionals of all stripes. Here's what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »NCUA: Different Roles, Different Oversight
What makes one financial institution different than another? And what does that mean for CFPB oversight? Read on to see what the NCUA thinks.
Read More »Credit Unions See Widespread Growth
New data shows membership, deposits, and lending are up for credit unions—especially on the real estate side.
Read More »Credit Unions’ RMBS Recoveries Reach Milestone
NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz said that credit unions “are benefiting from an aggressive litigation strategy NCUA continues to follow in order to hold responsible parties accountable.”
Read More »The RMBS Settlements Just Keep on Coming
The National Credit Union Administration passed a milestone for total amount collected from institutions for toxic RBMS saies.
Read More »Banks Come Out Winners in RMBS Case
For the most part, when being investigated over their pre-crisis residential mortgage-backed securities practices, the nation’s largest banks have come out having to pay billions of dollars in settlements and penalties.
Read More »Lawmakers Petition NCUA Chair for Regulatory Relief for Credit Unions
A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives is urging NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz to allow well-run credit unions to qualify for the 18-month exam cycle.
Read More »Morgan Stanley Settles with NCUA Over Faulty RMBS
The NCUA said it plans to continue to pursue litigation in federal courts against financial institutions based on the sale of faulty RMBS that caused five corporate credit unions to collapse.
Read More »Pending Settlements Over Faulty RMBS Sales Bring Total Recovered by NCUA to $2.2 Billion
NCUA sued Wachovia, which was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2008, in 2011. The Association filed suit against Barclays, the U.S. subsidiary of the British financial services firm, in 2012. Once the settlements are completed, NCUA will dismiss pending suits against both firms in federal district courts in California, New York and Kansas. As part of the settlement, neither Wachovia nor Barclays do not admit any fault.
Read More »Government Agencies Issue Minimum Requirements for State-Run Appraisal Companies
Compliance by states that do have an AMC regulatory body begins one year from the day the new regulations go live, which would put the deadline at the beginning of Q3 2016, according to FHFA. Compliance means adopting minimum registration and supervisory protocols for AMCs, including those that are subsidiaries of federally insured depository institutions.
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