Please welcome Alicia McCraw to the firm! Alicia McCraw is an attorney with Franzén & Salzano, P.C., and practices in the firm’s consumer lending regulatory compliance area. She received her B.A. in Biological Science from Virginia Tech in 2012 and…
Please welcome Alicia McCraw to the firm! Alicia McCraw is an attorney with Franzén & Salzano, P.C., and practices in the firm’s consumer lending regulatory compliance area. She received her B.A. in Biological Science from Virginia Tech in 2012 and…
Are you complying with Georgia’s minimum wage law? Georgia’s minimum wage law requires employers to pay covered employees a minimum wage of not less than $5.15 for each hour worked. There is an exception for employers and employees subject to…
Last year, the South Carolina Board of Financial Institutions, Consumer Finance Division issued guidance on the attorney-insurance preference disclosure. Creditors need to beware that the Department is “on the prowl” looking to enforce the requirement! For consumer purpose mortgage loans,…
Georgia licensees and registrants are required to provide to each applicant a foreclosure disclosure which explains that failure to meet conditions and terms of the loan may result in foreclosure. Georgia regulations provide that this disclosure requirement may be satisfied…
CFPB Issues Final Rule to Address the “Black Hole” and Resetting Fee Tolerances Using Closing Disclosures The CFPB issued its long-anticipated final rule to address the “black hole” under TRID and when fee tolerances may be reset using a Closing…
Alabama The Governor of Alabama signed into law House Bill 90, which amends the Alabama Code relating to the right of redemption on residential property and notice requirements regarding foreclosure. The Bill was effective February 22, 2018. Colorado The Governor…
Loretta Salzano will be speaking on a variety of hot topics at key conferences throughout the country. Conference attendance is a great way to stay informed on the latest happenings in the industry – and it provides a fabulous opportunity…
Court Rules in Favor of Mulvaney at CFPB The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a preliminary injunction for Leandra English in her attempt to unseat President Trump’s OMB Director Mick Mulvaney as CFPB Acting Director. The…
CFPB Issues Final Rule Amending Regulation B The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule to amend Regulation B (the Equal Credit Opportunity Act) which will provide additional flexibility for mortgage lenders in the collection of consumer ethnicity and…
California The Governor of California signed into law Senate Bill 2, which enacts the Building Homes and Jobs Act. The Act imposes an additional recording fee that will be made available to local governments and the Department of Housing and…