Cease & Desist Orders for: Citigroup, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, PNC, SunTrust, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo Bank

Cease & Desist Orders for: Citigroup, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, PNC, SunTrust, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo Bank

By Daniel Edstrom
DTC Systems, Inc.

The latest round of Cease and Desist orders issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are against some of the largest “too big to fail” banks.  Notably missing so far is Deutsche Bank National Trust Company along with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and of course OneWest Bank.

The gist of these Cease and Desist orders is that certain “deficiencies” were found and the banks are operating with “unsafe or unsound” practices in residential mortgage servicing and in the Bank’s initiation and handling of foreclosure proceedings.

We hail the OCC for these efforts, but the problem is following up.  How are the banks going to immediately comply with this order?  They would have to stop processing nearly every single foreclosure they are working on today.

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BANK OF AMERICA CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES AND UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES

BANK OF AMERICA CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES AND UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES

By Daniel Edstrom
DTC Systems, Inc.

On April 13, 2011 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a Consent Cease and Desist Order.  The order states that Bank of America has committed “deficiencies and unsafe or unsound practices identified by the OCC …”  The OCC finds numerous problems to which the bank “neither admits nor denies”.  Such as “failed to sufficiently oversee outside counsel and other third-party providers handling foreclosure-related services.”

Read the order here: http://dtc-systems.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Consent_Order_for_Bank_of_America.pdf

MERS CEASE AND DESIST FOR CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES AND UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES!!!

MERS CEASE AND DESIST FOR CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES AND UNSAFE OR UNSOUND PRACTICES!!!

By Daniel Edstrom and Jim Macklin
DTC Systems, Inc. and Secure Document Research

On April 13, 2011 the Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governers of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Housing Finance Agency have issued a consent order stating that these agencies have identified

“certain deficienies and unsafe or unsound practices by MERS and MERSCORP that present financial, operational, compliance, legal and reputational risks to MERS and MERSCORP that present financial, operational, complaince, legal and reputational risks to MERSCORP and MERS, and to the participating Members.”

OCC No. AA-EC-11-20

Board of Governers Docket Nos. 11-051-B-SC-1, 11-051-B-SC-2

FDIC-11-194b

OTS No. 11-040

FHFA No. EAP-11-01

Read the full 31 page Consent Order here: http://dtc-systems.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MERS_Cease_and_Desist_2011_04_13.pdf