Friday, March 2, 2018

GAO: Regulators Failing to Assess Cumulative Burden of Rules on CUs and Community Banks

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that depository institution regulators fail to assess the cumulative burden of all rules imposed on community banks and credit unions.

The GAO conducted interviews and focus groups with over 60 representatives from community banks and credit unions regarding the most burdensome regulations.

These representatives identified regulations for reporting mortgage characteristics, reviewing transactions for potentially illicit activity, and disclosing mortgage terms and costs to consumers as the most burdensome.

GAO was told that these regulations were time-consuming and costly to comply with, in part because the requirements were complex, required individual reports that had to be reviewed for accuracy, or mandated actions within specific timeframes.

GAO made 10 recommendations to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the four depository institution regulators.

GAO recommended that the CFPB "assess the effectiveness and guidance on mortgage disclosure regulations and publicly issue its plans for the scope and timing of its regulation reviews and coordinate these with other regulators' review process."

In addition as part of their regulatory burden reviews, the depository institution regulators should develop plans to report quantitative rationales for their actions and addressing the cumulative burden of regulations.

Read the report.

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