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Federal Court: PPP Loan Applicants Can’t Sue the Bank over PPP Rules

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by Brian Malcom With the promise of low-interest or no-interest loans, and even the possibility of loan forgiveness, small businesses rocked by COVID-19 have recently turned to banks to apply for federally guaranteed funds. These funds are vital to many small businesses in order ...Read More

Alabama Legislature Concludes its 2020 Regular Session

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MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 22, 2020 — The oddest session of the Alabama Legislature in recent memory, if ever, adjourned on Monday. Disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of the actual working days of the session were conducted in a State House closed ...Read More

Breaking, Compliance Q&A, Publications

Q: This is a CARES Act question on credit bureau reporting for consumer-purpose loans. For those loans that have requested forbearance or other payment accommodations during the pandemic, we are not reporting those accounts as late (nor charging fees). However, if a loan does go ...Read More

2020 Regular Session: Update on Immunity Legislation

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May 8, 2020 – Legislators returned to Montgomery on May 4 with an eye toward completing the 2020 Regular Session, but their arrival to the capital city felt somewhat unusual. Because maintaining social distancing guidelines is nearly impossible in the State House, many legislators ...Read More

Compliance Q&A: Reg D Amendments – Temporary or Permanent?

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Question: Regarding the recent Regulation D amendments, are these temporary or permanent changes? Answer: As the interim final rule is currently written, these changes do appear to be permanent, and not tied directly to the current COVID-19 pandemic: “In January 2019, the FOMC announced ...Read More

2020 Regular Session: Scheduling Update

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Legislative leaders this week provided important updates on the schedule for the remainder of the Alabama Legislature’s 2020 Regular Session. As a reminder, legislators left Montgomery on March 12 for a planned spring break period, with representatives scheduled to return to the State House ...Read More

OCC Offers Information Regarding STIF Rule

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OCC Revises Short-Term Investment Fund Rule https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/federal-register/2020/nr-occ-2020-38-federal-register.pdf The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced an interim final rule to revise its short-term investment fund (STIF) rule for national banks acting in a fiduciary capacity. The rule allows the OCC to ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter, Waller Not one aspect of public life has gone unaffected by the current COVID-19 crisis — not even the Supreme Court’s building operations or oral argument schedule. The Court has postponed the next batch of oral arguments scheduled for March 23-25 ...Read More

HMDA Partial Exemption

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Q: Our bank qualifies for the HMDA partial exemption. Some of the data points that we are exempt are things we don’t use, like credit scores or automatic underwriting systems. So in reporting these data points, should I report “Exempt” or “Not applicable” in ...Read More

Protecting Against Fraud During COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Alabama Bankers Association encourages consumers to be vigilant in protecting themselves from fraudulent activity particularly during the latest COVID-19 Coronavirus environment. Scammers will be working around the clock to deceive individuals into providing sensitive, personal information in order to wipe out their bank ...Read More

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