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OCC finalizes True Lender Rule

The OCC has issued a final rule that determines when a bank (national bank or federal savings association) makes a loan and is the “true lender,” including in the context of a partnership between a bank and a third party. The rule specifies that a bank makes a loan and is the true lender if, as of the date of origination, it (1) is named as the lender in the loan agreement or (2) funds the loan. The rule also specifies that if, as of the date of origination, one bank is named as the lender in the loan agreement for a loan and another bank funds that loan, the bank that is named as the lender in the loan agreement makes the loan. The rule also clarifies that as the true lender of a loan, the bank retains the compliance obligations associated with the origination of that loan, thus negating concern regarding harmful rent-a-charter arrangements.

The OCC specifies in the prefatory text to the final rule in the Federal Register filing that the bank would not be considered the true lender in certain traditional lending or finance arrangements such as mortgage warehouse lending, indirect automobile finance, loan syndication and other structured finance. The OCC also clarified that the rule “does not affect the applicability” of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act or their implementing regulations. The final rule will take effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE INFO: Published at 85 FR 68742 on October 30, 2020, with an effective date of December 29, 2020.

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