Proposed Regulations

On July 30, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued a proposed rule to establish a three-year phase-in of the day-one adverse impacts of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard on a federally-insured credit union’s (FICU) net worth ratio.

On August 3, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a request for information (RFI) inviting comment on opportunities to prevent credit discrimination, encourage responsible innovation, promote fair, access to credit, address uncertainty, and develop viable solutions to regulatory compliance challenges under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B.

On July 22, 2020, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau or CFPB) published an notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) as mandated by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA).

On July 10, 2020, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau or CFPB) published an notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the definition of a general qualified mortgage (QM) under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA).

On July 10, 2020, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau or CFPB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the definition of a general qualified mortgage (QM) under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA).

On July 1, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a Request for Information (RFI), seeking assistance in identifying considerations and challenges related to doing more examination work virtually using technology as part of its larger modernization initiative.

On February 21, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) Office of General Counsel published its annual Regulatory Review, which evaluates one-third of the current regulations for regulatory burdens, administrative hurdles, and clarity.

On June 11, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding regulations under section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) on executive compensation and parachute payments.

On June 4, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a proposed rule to address the transition from the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which is expected to be discontinued after 2021. The proposal describes how creditors can transition to new rate indices under open-end and closed-end credit rules.

On June 5, 2020 the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) board approved publication in the Federal Register of a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Part 745 of the NCUA’s regulations regarding the requirements for jointly owned share accounts for share insurance purposes.

On March 27, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a proposed rule to amend the NCUA’s corporate credit union rules in Part 704. The proposal makes four notable changes, summarized below.

On March 10, 2020, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a proposed rule to grant certain credit unions the ability to issue subordinated debt. In general, subordinated debt would resemble secondary capital, which low-income designated credit unions (LICUs) can already issue; however, regulatory capital treatment would vary depending on the type of issuing credit union.

On January 30, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a proposed rule to create new Subpart D of Part 708a of its regulations to clarify the procedures and requirements currently in place related to combination transactions. Combination transactions include transactions where a federally-insured credit union (FICU) proposes to assume assets and liabilities from a bank, or a non-depository financial institution, such as a mortgage bank, as part of a merger or consolidation.

On December 6, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a proposed rule to amend Regulation E’s remittance transfer provisions (the Remittance Rule).

On November 29, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Part 722 of the NCUA’s regulations regarding certain residential real estate appraisals.

On November 7, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a proposed rule, with a 30-day comment period, to amend its Chartering and Field of Membership (FOM) Manual (Chartering Manual) to provide community credit unions with greater flexibility to include certain geographic areas in their FOMs. The proposal makes and clarifies changes consistent with the August 2019 opinion from the D.C. Circuit Court in the bankers’ lawsuit against the 2016 FOM final rule.

On October 17, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the “agencies”), issued a proposed interagency policy statement on allowances for credit losses.

On September 18, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit comment on the potential use of tech sprints to encourage innovation and address regulatory compliance challenges. Tech sprints will involve small teams of regulators, technologists, financial institutions, and subject matter experts working together for several days to develop solutions to clearly identified problems in a collaborative environment.

On August 19, 2019, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a proposed rule to amend its interpretation of the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard to better reflect the Supreme Court's 2015 ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. In this regard, the new rule adopts more comprehensive pleading requirements.

On August 15, 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) to extend the effective dates for major standards not yet in effect. For the current expected credit losses (CECL) standard, credit unions would comply beginning in January 2023.

On August 9, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) published a notice and request for comment on a new, faster payments settlement service called FedNow. FedNow will be a 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service with integrated clearing functionality designed to process individual payments within seconds.