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May

31
2024
Industry News

Secretary Cardona Outlines Steps to Modernizing the Office of Federal Student Aid

In a letter sent to all staff today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona outlined comprehensive steps the Department is taking to improve Federal Student Aid (FSA) for students, families, borrowers, and schools. These efforts will ensure FSA works better and addresses ongoing management and operational challenges. Specifically, the Department is taking the following steps:

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May

31
2024
Industry News

Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Curb Incentive-Based Compensation in the Financial Services Industry

The proposal seeks to make executive compensation arrangements more sensitive to risk and would require complex risk management programs to ensure compliance.

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May

31
2024
Industry News

Attorney General Bonta Celebrates SCOTUS Decision Rejecting Sweeping Anti-Consumer Standard

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cantero v. Bank of America. The Supreme Court found that the lower court failed to apply the proper standard for evaluating whether a New York state law that requires mortgage lenders to pay a 2% minimum interest rate on funds held in mortgage escrow accounts is preempted by the National Bank Act as applied to national banks.

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May

31
2024
Industry News

Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute with Bank of America

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday gave homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts.

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May

31
2024
Industry News

APCU/Center Parc Credit Union Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Affinity Bank

ATLANTA, May 30, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlanta Postal Credit Union (APCU), Georgia’s oldest credit union and the largest postal credit union in the United States, along with its community-based subsidiary, Center Parc Credit Union, and Affinity Bancshares, Inc ("Affinity") (NASDAQ: AFBI) announced today that APCU has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which the credit union will acquire Covington, Georgia-based Affinity Bank, National Association, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Affinity.

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