“The Biden administration is committed to fostering innovation in the financial sector while ensuring that we protect consumers, investors, and our financial system from risks that new technologies pose,” said Nellie Liang, under secretary for domestic finance at the Treasury.
“I want us to use it in a way that’s going to protect the company and protect the borrowers as well,” said Kiran Sahota, an executive vice president of technology at Freedom Mortgage.
The CFPB reiterated that Regulation Z prohibits mortgages for principal dwellings from including “terms requiring arbitration or any other nonjudicial procedure as the method for resolving any controversy or settling claims arising out of the transaction.”
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s former attorney, testified during the trial that he used proceeds from a personal home equity line of credit to pay off Stormy Daniels on behalf of Trump.
The VA said Wednesday it is “strongly” encouraging mortgage servicers to extend their pause of foreclosures for VA-guaranteed home loans through the end of this year.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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