On April 21, 2022, the CFPB and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that they are filing a lawsuit against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. for systemically and repeatedly violating various consumer financial protection laws and leaving families high and dry. The lawsuit specifically alleges that the company stranded customers waiting for their money when it failed to deliver funds promptly to recipients abroad.

VIDEO: What is a Lender Credit

In this Compliance, Adam discusses what a lender credit is for purposes of the TRID rule. In particular, Adam specifies items that are considered lender credits and gives examples of payments that not are considered a lender credit. In addition, Adam briefly describes the difference between a specific and a general lender credit. A transcript of this video is now available.

On April 1, 2022, HUD issued a proposed rule to increase the term for loan modification to 40 years. HUD's current regulations allow mortgagees to modify a FHA insured mortgage by recasting the total unpaid loan for a term limited to 360 months to cure a borrower's default. This proposed rule would amend HUD's current regulation to allow for mortgagees to recast the total unpaid loan for a new term limit of 480 months.

On April 14, 2022, FinCEN issued an advisory on kleptocracy and foreign public corruption, urging financial institutions to focus their efforts on detecting the proceeds of foreign public corruption, which is a priority for the U.S. government.. The advisory provides typologies and potential indicators of kleptocracy and other forms of foreign public corruption, namely bribery, embezzlement, extortion, and the misappropriation of public assets.

On April 12, 2022, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against TransUnion, two of its subsidiaries, and longtime executive John Danaher for violating a 2017 law enforcement order. The order was issued to stop TransUnion from engaging in deceptive marketing, however, CFPB reports that the company continued its unlawful behavior, disregarded the order’s requirements, and continued employing deceitful digital dark patterns to profit from customers.

VIDEO: HMDA Demographic Information Determinants

In this Compliance Clip, Adam answers a question which had been a topic of debate before the CFPB finally issued a guidance, that is whether to list code 2 or code 3 on the HMDA LAR for when information about determinants are not available. And if you don’t know what is a determinant, watch this video to find out. A transcript of this video is now available.

On April 7, 2022, the OCC published the latest edition of its Community Developments Investments newsletter, “Partners in Recovery: Community Reinvestment and Resilience.” This edition of Community Developments Investments discusses how banks and community development financial institutions can work together to help rebuild communities that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.