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SCRA relief on a credit card: 6% for all transactions?

05/26/2024

My bank just received an SCRA request for rate relief on a customer’s credit card line. The card normally has a 22.99% interest rate, so 6% is a big drop! How do we do it? Is it only on existing balances up to this point, or does it need to remain at 6% for all past and future transactions, until his active duty ends?

Redlining is real

03/31/2024

Is redlining real? It seems to be an antiquated type of violation.

Where are Credit Card Rates Disclosed

12/03/2023

Is there any requirement to disclose the specific rates used to calculate purchase, balance transfer, and cash advance APRs in the credit card agreement, if that information is already clearly disclosed with all other required pricing information (as defined in Reg Z 1026.6(b)(2)(i) through (b)(2)(xii))? This is already provided on our Interest Rates and Fees Disclosure form provided to the applicant with the card. For example, our credit card agreement (a separate document from the Interest Rates and Fees Disclosure) includes "For the non-promotional purchase and balance transfer APR, we add X.XX% to the Prime Rate. For the cash advance APR, we add XX.XX% to the Prime Rate. However, all of this information is also disclosed on our Interest Rates and Fees disclosure, which is given to the applicant with the Account Agreement and card.

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Applications, Reg B, Fair Lending

11/24/2024

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 This was the only way, and any other attempt would result in a denial, or withdrawn application.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.

Advertising, IRS tax forms, Privacy, RESPA

11/24/2024

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.

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