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HMDA Reporting: From LAR Data to Compliance Insight

September 21, 2026 Sarah Hamilton

HMDA reporting requires a covered lender to collect defined data on every dwelling-secured application, origination and purchase, assemble it into a loan application register, clear the errors the filing platform f...

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How to Implement an Issue Management Framework

September 21, 2026 Christine Thomas

An issue management framework is implemented in five sequential stages where the issue is identified, rated, assigned, remediated and validated. Each process ends in a documented decision that leaves behind the evi...

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Regulatory Examination Preparation for Banks

September 18, 2026 Sarah Hamilton

Banks approach regulatory examination preparation by keeping the records an examiner will request current as ordinary compliance work, so the weeks before fieldwork go on locating and reviewing evidence instead of ...

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How to Run a Fair Lending Risk Assessment for Banks

September 17, 2026 Christine Thomas

A fair lending risk assessment is conducted in four steps: scope the product lines and channels in view, score each FFIEC risk factor category against the institution's own lending, test the scores that data can ch...

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What Fair Lending Software Tests in a LAR File

September 16, 2026 Sarah Hamilton

Fair lending software reads an institution's loan application register and tests it for outcome differences between borrower groups, geographies and price points, then reports each disparity alongside the loan docu...

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The Latest Developments in AI for Compliance Monitoring

September 15, 2026 Christine Thomas

The latest developments in AI compliance monitoring are regulatory, including revised interagency model risk guidance issued on 17 April 2026 that puts generative and agentic AI outside its scope, leaving the faste...

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