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Compliance Q&A: Flood Policies

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Question: With the lapse in funding for the NFIP, is it true that no new policies can be written? Answer: On December 28, 2018 FEMA announced that it will resume the sale of new insurance policies and the renewal of expiring policies. This press release rescinds ...Read More

Preparing to Overcome Problems in Bank M&A Transactions

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by Michael G. Rediker, Porter White & Co. In recent months, the merger and acquisition market in community bank stocks has revived from the moribund state prevailing during and after the Great Recession of 2007-08. As the number of deals has picked up, so ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter, Waller “Gentleman, this is a football.” The legendary coach Vince Lombardi kicked off training camp the same way each year, holding up the pigskin in front of his team of professional football players as a reminder that they must master ...Read More

Compliance Question of the Week: Reg E and Bookkeeping and Posting Errors

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Question: If the bank identifies a bookkeeping error or a posting error prior to a commercial customer notifying the bank, does the bank still need to fill out the error resolution form and/or follow the procedures set out in Reg. E for errors? We know ...Read More

What the Midterms Mean for Community Banks

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by Brian Malcom, Waller It is finally over. No more robocalls. No more yard signs. No more poorly-produced television commercials. The midterms are behind us. A few results are still being counted, but the landscape is clear. Democrats will have a majority in the ...Read More

Commercial Loans and the FCRA

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By Victoria E. Stephen The Fair Credit Reporting Act, or FCRA for short, basically regulates the furnishing and collecting of credit information and imposes certain disclosure requirements in connection with accessing credit reports. The FCRA itself is a statute and only a few parts ...Read More

Compliance Q&A: Reg O

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Question: Would the bank be violating Reg. O if it offered a higher Money Market rate for just shareholders? Answer: There is not a direct prohibition in Reg. O, since it primarily governs credit and not deposit accounts, like money market accounts. However, many banks have ...Read More

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Question: I have a loan officer who issued a loan estimate that predates the application date by 1 day. While I don’t believe this to be best practice, I’m not certain whether it’s also a violation of regulation. Can someone please confirm? Answer: Assuming the required ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter, Waller The benefits of arbitration to frequent and experienced litigants are widely known. For example, discovery generally is more limited, the length of the entire proceeding typically is shorter, the information at the center of the dispute more easily remains ...Read More

Compliance Q&A: Notice of Right to Rescind

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Question: Why do we have to have two copies signed at closing for the notice of right to rescind? Answer: The regulation requires that two copies of the notice of right to rescind be delivered to each consumer entitled to rescind, but there’s not a regulatory ...Read More

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