The bulk of the new mortgage rules won’t take effect until next year

The SCRA provides certain financial protections to active-duty military personnel.

CUs’ regulatory compliance costs are staggering, but the costs of noncompliance are even higher.

CUs must have a ‘permissible purpose’ to obtain credit reports under the FCRA.

Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rule-making authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from seven federal agencies to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as of July 21, 2011. 

The Fair Credit Reporting Act limits consumer reporting agencies' ability to furnish reports containing consumers' medical information.

Here’s a BSA update, highlighting recent actions by FinCEN, which oversees compliance with BSA/anti-money laundering.

The Federal Reserve released a compliance guide that includes FAQs about the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

The Dodd-Frank Act amended FCRA to require CUs to disclose that a credit score was used in taking any adverse employment action.