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#3529 - 08/08/01 02:17 PM Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Could someone help me understand the requirement in 226.18(r) that deals with the existence of a required deposit. When would this disclosure actually be required? Our TIL disclosure includes a box to mark with the statement "Required Deposit. The annual percentage rate doest not reflect the required deposit" but I'm not clear when this is to be marked. The exclusions include "deposits that are immediately available to the consumer." Thank you.

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#3530 - 08/08/01 02:43 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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One simple example is when you make a loan secured by a savings account. If you place a restrictive "hold" on the savings account to prevent the customer from withdrawing the funds until the loan is paid off, the deposit is not readily available to the customer. That is a required deposit and thus, the disclosure applies.

[This message has been edited by De Vonne (edited 08-08-2001).]


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#3531 - 08/08/01 02:44 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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About 5 years ago the OCC cited my bank for not giving this disclosure on an straight savings secured loan where the rate paid to the account holder was less than 5% (even though all savings accounts were being paid less than 5% at that time). Don't know if the OCC has changed their stand on this, but we continue to give the disclosure on all savings secured loans.

This was also mentioned as a necessary practice at the ABA Compliance School that same year.

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#3532 - 08/09/01 04:37 AM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Would this also include loans secured by certificates of deposit? Thanks.

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#3533 - 08/08/01 05:34 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Yes, it includes any deposit account that meets the "not readily available" definition, provided that the interest rate is less than 5%.

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#3534 - 08/13/01 02:55 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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The 226.18(r) disclosure is triggered any time there is a deposit account required as a condition of the credit. This obviously includes savings account secured loans, whether the security is a passbook or a CD. The requirement would also kick in if the lender required the savings account be maintained but did not take it as security.

The disclosure is not triggered by voluntary accounts, such as one set up to make electronic payments to the loan. It also does not apply to escrow accounts.


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#3535 - 10/02/01 03:32 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Lucy, I'm interested in your opinion here:

I cited the lack of this disclosure in my recent compliance review. Senior Management disagrees and refuses to make the disclosure. How do you think this would be treated during a federal compliance examination? I'm curious if the bank will be cited for a violation or, since I intend to report this finding to the Board of Directors, would that prevent the Bank from being cited by the Feds?


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#3536 - 10/02/01 03:34 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Andy Z,

I'm interested in what you have to say also.


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#3537 - 10/02/01 03:53 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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You will definitely be cited for failure to make the required disclosure. The 18(r) disclosure is not a "material disclosure" and therefore doesn't have clear financial consequences.

However, if the examiner learns that management simply decided not to make the disclosure you may face problems in your exam overall as they deal with the bank's compliance program. It is never a good idea to choose to ignore a regulatory requirement.

If you write it up, you at least demonstrate to examiners that you know what you are doing.


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#3538 - 10/03/01 04:11 AM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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This is a top down issue. You have to have support from the top down or your program and authority can be questioned. A weak program would, in my opinion, cause examiners to dig deeper and questin more.

1) You clearly identify the regulatory requirement and show it to staff.
2) Obtain management's response.
3) Present your findings to sr. management and the board or a committee thereof.
4) The matter should be corrected immediately from that point forward.

You may also consider sending corrected disclosures to those who had errors. These aren't material, in my opinion. But it is good exercise to remind those who didn't do it correctly that it needs to be done.

As Lucy noted, if the matter is ignored, it creates a bigger issue with the regulators and your internal authority. If it is corrected, the examiners may still cite it, but I'd ask them to include the comment that you detected it and put in place the corrective measures.

The bottom line would be that there was a small problem and your program detected and corrected it. That is effectiveness.

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#3539 - 10/02/01 05:08 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Thank you both for your input.

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#3540 - 05/07/02 04:05 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Would the disclosure be required if the account serving as collateral was maintained at another institution?
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#3541 - 05/07/02 09:22 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Marshall, I believe intentional violations of the Truth In Lendng Act can carry a penalty of a year in the slammer. Sometimes managment may respond to knowledge of the possible penalties when all else fails. Good luck.

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#3542 - 05/14/02 03:07 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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I apologize for the late reply. I was at a seminar last week and just read some of the posting. I have a situation where the TIL has a box marked under the security area of the TIL that states, "my deposit accounts and other rights to the payment of money from you". There is no collateral account number identified. Consumer lending is marking this box for recourse or collection purposes should the loan become delinquent and right of set off occurs. If there is not a specific account number identified and technically the note shows no collateral, does the marking of this box lend itself to the "Required Deposit" disclosure? Say, the borrower currently has deposit accounts with the bank or a year after the loan was originated and the borrower opens a savings account with a rate below 5%?

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#3543 - 05/14/02 03:23 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Jackie S --

The key to the "required deposit" disclosure is that the borrower does not have use of the funds. In the scenario you've given, the borrower appears to have full use of the deposit balances, and the language appears to provide for set-off in the event of default.

So the required deposit disclosure would not apply.
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#3544 - 05/14/02 03:30 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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Thanks John! You make a good point. Borrowers would have control of their funds up to the point of set-off.

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#3545 - 05/14/02 03:47 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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I agree with John. These are two separate issues. One addresses setoff and collection of the debt, the other (required deposit) is meant to address an account used as specific collateral on the loan.

Aside from that, your Sig. Card should also contain setoff language for deposits at your bank.
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#3546 - 05/28/02 05:55 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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What about in the case of older loans that are being renewed? The original CD was earning more than 5% but at the latest renewal the CD is now earning less than 5% - would a new disclosure with the "required deposit" language be necessary?
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#3547 - 05/28/02 06:14 PM Re: Reg Z - Required Deposit
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226.18(r) requires this disclosure anytime the deposit is earning less than 5%. I'd put the disclosure in the new loan.
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