W-9s on IOLTAs
03/24/2024
Can you please advise if IOLTA sub accounts needs to have W-9 signed by the attorney's client, considering the interest goes to the state of bar association (at least here in NJ).
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03/24/2024
Can you please advise if IOLTA sub accounts needs to have W-9 signed by the attorney's client, considering the interest goes to the state of bar association (at least here in NJ).
03/17/2024
Our residential mortgage lending team is very thorough to ensure that the Lending Committee signs-off on adverse action/denial documentation. We are newer to commercial lending. Thus, the Board approves all commercial loans. The commercial lending officer has been given the discretion to decline certain requests before they even get to the Board. The question is more of a compliance/procedural one. Is it sufficient for only the commercial loan officer to sign-off on adverse actions, or should we be obtaining Board sign-off on these as well....under our current approval structure?
03/10/2024
What is the difference between renting, leasing, or selling equipment to customers for Merchant Capture (remote deposit devices)? Are there any rules/regulations related to leasing or renting this?
03/10/2024
We are transitioning to a new loan software program and have noticed the Negative Information Disclosure document provided at closing is not providing a signature line for the borrower to sign. Our current loan software has the signature line that isn't removable so we have always assumed it was required. I cannot find any information in the regulation that a signature is required. 1) Is a signature required and 2) If it is not required to obtain signature, is it required that we retain a copy of it with the closing package to show examiners it was provided at closing? It just seems odd from what we have always seen and would like to know if we should request a signature line be added.
03/10/2024
If our bank does not offer a rate lock program and all of our loans are fixed rate loans, can a buyer purchase discount points to lower the interest rate? If they can, do they have to sign a form reflecting the discount rate or can we just disclose the discount and fee on the loan estimate?
03/03/2024
When a renew a loan with collateral should a new Security Agreement be completed as well?
02/25/2024
We need an advice for below situation. 1. Our customer cashed a check for $9,230 from another bank at one of our branches on 11/21/23. 2. On 11/27/23 we received a return for this item as Stop Payment. 3. On 11/28/23 we processed a late claim returned to Fed and received the credit from Fed same day. 4. On 1/19/24 we received a late returned debit from the Fed to deal directly with the other bank. We contacted the other bank as they insisted that it wasn't a late return. How can we resolve this situation and how we can ask other bank to pay us?
02/25/2024
I have a husband and daughter who have been appointed conservator for his wife (mom). According to the court documents the annual accounting to the court is waived. Can I open the account as joint for the husband and wife showing he and the daughter as conservators?
02/25/2024
Our marketing department brought up the idea of handing out $50 coupons to our customers to entice them to refer folks to get a mortgage loan with the bank. The idea is that if a customer refers someone for a mortgage loan and it closes, the customer can redeem the $50 coupon for cash. I reviewed 1026.36 but it only seems to cover MLO compensation. RESPA's 1024.14(b) seems most applicable but i'm not sure if that just pertains to the parties involved in the transaction. This would be a referral for our customer who told someone to get a mortgage with us. Are there any regulations on a $50 referral ‘bonus/compensation’ to our customer for referring someone to one of our MLO’s to close a mortgage? It seems similar to what the big banks do with something like a $200 bonus to open an account with them.
02/25/2024
Can you remove the primary borrower off a pending loan? I was under the impression that as long as both borrowers were married, and they both completed the application and received the initial disclosures that the primary borrower could be removed and the co-borrower moved over to the primary borrower position. This was the only way, and any other attempt would result in a denial, or withdrawn application. We have done this with a couple of our loans, but upper management wanted documentation stating that this can be done.