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OCC Issues Final Rule to Rescind Recovery Planning Guidelines

Why it matters
The rule explicitly applies to national banks and federal institutions, not Texas credit unions. However, Texas credit unions should track this change due to its national regulatory implications and potential indirect impacts on industry-wide compliance practices.
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2025 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available

Why it matters
The 2025 HMDA Loan Application Register data is now accessible via the FFIEC platform, requiring credit unions to ensure accurate reporting and data management processes are in place for compliance with federal mortgage lending disclosure requirements.
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Fair Housing Home Loan Data System

Why it matters
- The OCC is rescinding the Fair Housing Home Loan Data System regulation due to its obsolescence and inconsistency with other legal authorities. - This action reduces regulatory burden for national banks without significantly impacting data availability for fair housing-related supervisory activities.
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Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

The FDIC is updating its system of records to rename and modify sections of FDIC-005, including seeking public comment on four routine uses. This affects how credit unions handle consumer complaints and public inquiries,...
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2025 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available

The 2025 HMDA Loan Application Register data is now accessible via the FFIEC platform, requiring credit unions to ensure accurate reporting and data management processes are in place for compliance with federal mortgage lending...
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

The CFPB seeks OMB approval to reinstate a regulation prohibiting inclusion of adverse credit information related to human trafficking cases. This affects credit unions' consumer reporting practices and may require updates to compliance protocols...
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Fair Housing Home Loan Data System

- The OCC is rescinding the Fair Housing Home Loan Data System regulation due to its obsolescence and inconsistency with other legal authorities. - This action reduces regulatory burden for national banks without significantly...
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Community Bank Licensing Amendments

- Simplifies licensing requirements for corporate activities and transactions involving national banks and Federal savings associations with less than $30 billion in total assets. - Intended to reduce burden on these institutions.
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National Bank Chartering

The OCC is amending its rule to clarify the longstanding authority of national banks limited to trust company operations to engage in non-fiduciary activities. This change does not explicitly impact Texas credit unions but...
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Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)

The article discusses the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B), which prohibits discrimination in credit transactions based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because a person receives income from...
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FHFA finalizes repeal of fair lending rule

• FHFA has repealed a 2024 final rule that codified fair housing and fair lending oversight practices for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. • This repeal may impact how...
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Privacy Act Exemption; Correction

• The NCUA Board issued an interim final rule correcting the numbering of one system of records and exempting another from certain Privacy Act requirements. • The rule was issued without advance notice-and-comment procedures...
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Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings

The final rule rescinds certain amendments made in 2022 and 2023 to the Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings. These rules govern proceedings conducted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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