“The Payday Lending Rule became effective on January 16, 2018. However, the Rule’s general compliance date is August 19, 2019. Thus, by its terms, the Rule does not require lenders to comply with the Rule’s payment provisions or the related compliance program and record retention requirements until August 19, 2019. The compliance date, however, is currently stayed (delayed) pursuant to a court order issued in Community Financial Services Association v. CFPB, No. 1:18-cv-00295 (W.D. Tex. Nov. 6, 2018). As a result, lenders have no obligation to comply with the Rule until the court-ordered stay is lifted." (Small entity compliance guide for the rule)

The Bureau, for its part, has proposed – and is likely to finalize – a 15-month delay of the effective date for the underwriting requirements in subpart B of the rule, until November 19, 2020. The CFPB also suggested in a separate notice of proposed rulemaking published the same day  that the underwriting requirements may be permanently rescinded before that November 2020 effective date arrives.

What’s left – the rest of the rule – isn’t directly affected by either of those two documents published in the Federal Register on February 14, 2019. And that’s what we’ll focus on in this webinar, because it’s possible that the court in Community Financial Services Association v. CFPB will lift its stay on the Rule now that the Bureau has shown a willingness to delay, and possibly rescind, the underwriting portion.

In our two-hour-presentation, we will focus on the key definitions in subpart A and the payment and recordkeeping portions of the rule in subparts C and D.

You will receive information on these and other topics that will enable you to understand whether your institution makes the types of loans covered by the rule and, if so, what your institution will need to do to comply with the rule when it becomes effective:

• The scope of loans covered by the rule
• Exemptions from coverage
• The role of “leveraged payment mechanisms”
• Alternative loans
• Credit union small loans
• Accommodation loans
• Unfair and abusive practices
• Permitted and prohibited methods for obtaining payments
• Borrower authorizations for payments
• Required disclosures related to payment authorizations
• Required notices of payment attempts
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Severability of requirements
• … and more

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Compliance officers, audit personnel, consumer lenders, lending management