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Part One of this Manual includes a comprehensive discussion of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B,
reflecting current regulatory developments, as well as recent court decisions and regulatory guidance and enforcement actions.
Part Two provides an in-depth discussion of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and the related regulations, as well
as California’s Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act.
Part One discusses Regulation B’s compliance requirements, including:
- Rules governing information requests and requirements regarding applications
- Evaluating applications and the characteristics creditors can and cannot consider
- Reg B’s signature rule and the exceptions
- Adverse action notices for both consumer and commercial loans
- ECOA’s valuation rule (appraisal availability notice) and the related California appraisal notice disclosure requirements
- California’s property ownership rules, including community property issues, and the consequences in the event of a borrower’s
death or default
- Fair lending statutes and regulations, interagency fair lending exam procedures, and the federal regulatory agencies’ current enforcement efforts
- Collecting government monitoring information in connection with mortgage loans
- Penalties and liabilities under ECOA and Regulation B
- Special purpose credit programs
- Electronic delivery of Reg B disclosures
Part Two examines the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including:
- The circumstances under which a creditor may obtain a consumer report on a consumer in the context of applications for credit,
including individuals who guarantee business loans and non-applicant spouses
- FCRA adverse action notices
- Credit score disclosures
- Identity theft provisions, including red flags, changes of address and address discrepancies
- Risk-based pricing notices
- Duties of persons who furnish consumer information to consumer reporting agencies (including the direct and indirect dispute requirements)
- Prohibition against obtaining and using medical information in the credit-granting process and the permissible exceptions
- Information sharing with affiliates
- Prescreening rules and disclosures
- California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act
- Violations, penalties, and enforcement
The text of this Manual is 452 pages, plus 71 pages of appendixes.
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