Alabama Bank News

By James Bailey and Chris Hawkins On March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) became law. The new law contains several temporary amendments to the Bankruptcy Code, some of which apply in the business bankruptcy context and some ...Read More

Question: This is a HMDA question. Borrower was scheduled for closing, but because a home inspection that the borrower ordered did not go as they planned, the borrower ended up cancelling closing. The bank did not require this inspection and all underwriting conditions had ...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 22, 2020 — The oddest session of the Alabama Legislature in recent memory, if ever, adjourned on Monday. Disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of the actual working days of the session were conducted in a State House closed ...Read More

Q: This is a CARES Act question on credit bureau reporting for consumer-purpose loans. For those loans that have requested forbearance or other payment accommodations during the pandemic, we are not reporting those accounts as late (nor charging fees). However, if a loan does go ...Read More

Q: Are banks required to report SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to the credit bureaus? I thought that SBA 7(a) loans are required to be reported, but I don’t know if this extends to PPP loans. A: You are right that there is a general ...Read More

Question: Regarding the recent Regulation D amendments, are these temporary or permanent changes? Answer: As the interim final rule is currently written, these changes do appear to be permanent, and not tied directly to the current COVID-19 pandemic: “In January 2019, the FOMC announced ...Read More

OCC Revises Short-Term Investment Fund Rule https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/federal-register/2020/nr-occ-2020-38-federal-register.pdf The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced an interim final rule to revise its short-term investment fund (STIF) rule for national banks acting in a fiduciary capacity. The rule allows the OCC to ...Read More