{"id":96308,"date":"2021-05-11T19:18:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T23:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/?p=96308"},"modified":"2021-05-12T09:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:43:26","slug":"ncrc-applauds-senate-vote-to-overturn-occs-true-lender-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/ncrc-applauds-senate-vote-to-overturn-occs-true-lender-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"NCRC applauds Senate vote to overturn OCC\u2019s True Lender Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) applauds the outcome of today\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bi-partisan 52-47 Senate vote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-joint-resolution\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.J. Res. 15<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a resolution to reverse the Trump-era <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/10\/30\/2020-24134\/national-banks-and-federal-savings-associations-as-lenders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True Lender Rule<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99196px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelclinicny.com\/static\/images\/favicon\/zithromax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order zithromax without prescription<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The rule, finalized in October 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), allows national banks to use their charters to help predatory lenders <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/occs-new-true-lender-rule-opens-the-door-to-more-abusive-lending\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get around state laws that protect borrowers from exorbitant interest rates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forty-nine Democrats, joined by Republican Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), voted to roll back the rule and leave in place the abilities of states to protect their residents from predatory lending. NCRC urges the House to pass the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-joint-resolution\/35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">companion resolution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sponsored by Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Illinois) and then to send the resolution on to President Biden for his signature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, when the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.occ.gov\/news-issuances\/news-releases\/2020\/nr-occ-2020-139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OCC finalized its True Lender rule,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it sanctioned the ability of predatory lenders to evade state consumer protections by putting a bank name on the loan paperwork and claiming that the bank, not the predatory lender, issued the loan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99196px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/psychedelicinvest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravity_forms\/4-63f4a282e6d9045190605209017f181f\/2021\/arava.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order arava no prescription<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under these arrangements, a nonbank buys back all or virtually all of the loan within days of its origination. The nonbank finds the customer, manages the website or the store where it is offered, explains the terms of the contract, and acts as the collector of the debt. It is unlikely that the borrower is aware of the involvement of the bank.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Florida, where the interest rate on a two-year $2,000 loan is capped at 31%, four lenders use rent-a-bank partnerships to make loans with annual interest rates of 100% or more. Senator Rubio voted in favor of the resolution to overturn the rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Maine, where interest rates on loans of similar size and duration are capped at 30%, two nonbanks use rent-a-bank partnerships to make loans with rates above 160%. Senator Collins voted in favor of S.J. Res. 15.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resolution garnered widespread support from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nclc.org\/images\/pdf\/high_cost_small_loans\/IB_Predatory_Lenders_Evading_State_Law_Across_Country.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consumer advocates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nclc.org\/media-center\/nearly-140-scholars-call-for-congressional-repeal-of-true-lender-rule.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">academics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lendjustly.com\/featured\/faith-leaders-applaud-congress-decision-challenge-occs-true-lender-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faith-based groups<\/span><\/a><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OCC rule went against the expressed wishes of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=b6069b6c-03ae-41b7-b88e-1f2a6bb9e61a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 state attorneys general<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and of voters in states that have passed rate caps by wide margins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCRC had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrc.org\/treasury-announces-michael-j-hsu-as-new-acting-comptroller-of-the-occ\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previously urged the new leadership at the OCC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to drop its opposition to Congressional efforts to block the rule that allowed banks to issue triple-digit interest rate loans on behalf of payday lenders to help them evade state consumer protections. In late April, nearly 200 NCRC members met with Senators in 36 states to express their support for the resolution as part of NCRC\u2019s annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Economy Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCRC would like to thank the resolution\u2019s Senate sponsor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanhollen.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senator Chris Van Hollen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (D-Maryland), and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senator Sherrod Brown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, for their leadership on this important issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Adam Rust is a senior policy advisor at NCRC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) applauds the outcome of today\u2019s bi-partisan 52-47 Senate vote on S.J. Res. 15, a resolution to reverse the Trump-era True Lender Rule. The rule, finalized in October 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), allows national banks to use their charters to help predatory lenders get around state laws that protect borrowers from exorbitant interest rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":951,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"content-type":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2421],"tags":[3077,1147,2086,3209],"class_list":["post-96308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-views","tag-feature","tag-featured","tag-occ","tag-true-lender"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Adam Rust","author_link":""},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) applauds the outcome of today\u2019s bi-partisan 52-47 Senate vote on S.J. Res. 15, a resolution to reverse the Trump-era True Lender Rule. The rule, finalized in October 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), allows national banks to use their charters to help predatory lenders&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}