Federal regulators and Congress continue to release new guidance and requirements to assist residential mortgage loan borrowers facing economic hardships due to the pandemic. But in light of the anticipated volume of requests and associated burden on servicers, they also are offering some regulatory relief. This alert contains a summary of relevant mortgage servicing requirements,
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Treasury Report on Fintech Regulation
Posted in FinTech
On July 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its much-anticipated report on reshaping Fintech regulation. “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities — Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation,” available here, focuses on the regulation of financial technology and makes more than 80 recommendations related to Fintech and nonbank financial policy, including:…
Treasury Department Issues Marketplace Lending Report, Outlines Possible Regulatory Path
Posted in Marketplace Lending, Small Business Lending
Some segments of the marketplace lending business model (a subset of the growing FinTech industry sometimes referred to as peer-to-peer lending), might become subject to additional regulation if the federal and state regulatory agencies take to heart the results of a recent Treasury Department report.
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