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WASHINGTON—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced the optional use period for the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) will not begin July 1 as previously scheduled. The redesigned application includes the addition of a preferred language question.

BROOKFIELD, Wis.–Fiserv said new tools and an enhanced user interface incorporated into its Financial Advice Management solution will now enable financial advisors to better assist clients with retirement income planning and risk mitigation through the use of annuities, life, and long-term care insurance.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Alaska continues to perform well in key growth categories, leading the nation in median membership growth and shares and deposit growth, and coming in second in median asset growth, according NCUA’s state-level data for the first quarter of 2019 for all federally insured CUs.

WASHINGTON–Sixty-five House Democrats have signed a letter to CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger calling on the Bureau to immediately withdraw actions that could lead to fewer institutions subject to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reporting, less data being reported, and that potentially would replace the CFPB’s current HMDA research tool with a new one.

WASHINGTON—In a letter to the CFPB, NAFCU said it supports proposed amendments to Regulation C that would increase the institutional and transactional coverage thresholds that govern reporting of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data.