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December

20
2023
Industry News

AG Ferguson proposes creation of bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Task Force

OLYMPIA Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today he is partnering with Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-White Center, and Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, to propose legislation in the 2024 session to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force. The task force will convene industry representatives, civil liberty groups, subject matter experts and other stakeholders to discuss AI benefits and risks and make recommendations to the Legislature.

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December

20
2023
Trends

NCUA Releases Q3 2023 State-Level Data Report

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Dec. 20, 2023) – Federally insured credit unions experienced growth in loans, positive net income, and delinquencies in the third quarter of 2023, along with a decline in assets, shares, and deposits, according to the latest NCUA Quarterly U.S. Map Review.

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December

20
2023
Industry News

CFPB Overdraft Fee Report Slams ‘Surprises,’ but Data Shows Usefulness

And as detailed here, in the report, titled “Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel,” the Bureau said that amid those surprises, credit cards are a “cheaper” form of credit. The CFPB also wrote that the “our analysis suggests that the majority of consumers charged overdraft and NSF fees have some credit available on a credit card during the period that they report the fees occurring.”

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December

20
2023
Industry News

CFPB and Justice Department Sue Developer and Lender Colony Ridge for Bait-and-Switch Land Sales and Predatory Financing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Justice Department today sued Colony Ridge, a Texas-based developer and lender, for operating an illegal land sales scheme and targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers with false statements and predatory loans.

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December

19
2023
Industry News

Office of Research blog: A look at cash-out refinance mortgages and their borrowers between 2013 to 2023

As interest rates increased rapidly throughout 2022, the number of refinance mortgage originations declined. The composition of these refinances also changed. Cash-out refinances – where a homeowner borrows an amount substantially greater than what they owe on their existing mortgage – became more common than non-cash-out (also known as “rate-and-term”) refinances. An equity “cashed out” from the home – which, in turn, increases the mortgage balance – is often used by the borrower to pay down other debts, fund home repairs, and pay for educational expenses, among other big-ticket purchases.

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