The CFPB adopted rules amending provisions under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The adopted rules: provide creditors additional flexibility in complying with ECOA in order to facilitate compliance with the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; add new model forms and remove an existing outdated form; and make various other amendments to facilitate the collection and retention of information about the ethnicity, sex, and race of certain mortgage applicants. The adopted rules become effective January 1, 2018.

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Tennessee Increases Permissible Interest Rate for Closed-end Loans under Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act
Tennessee passed a bill increasing the permissible interest rate for closed-end loans under the Industrial Loan and Thrift Companies Act (ILTCA). Under the bill, the