9/06/2021

Pennsylvania Mortgage Answers







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If an institution possesses the word federal in its name or the acronym F.S.B. after its name, that institution is regulated by:

 

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking

The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

In Pennsylvania, any institution that possesses the 

word federal in its name or the acronym F.S.B. after its name is regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).



If an institution possesses the word national in its name or the acronym N.A. after its name, that institution is regulated by:

 

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

The Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)You correctly checked this.

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking

The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

In the state of Pennsylvania, any institution that possesses the word national in its name or the acronym N.A. after its name is regulated by the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).


The PA Dept of Banking does not have the authority to:

 

Terminate any employee of a licensee for violations 

committed

Issue subpoenas

Conduct administrative hearings

Examine any document or file of a licensee

Even though the PA Dept of Banking 

does not have the authority to terminate employees 

of a licensee who has committed violations, 

they do have the authority to prohibit 

or permanently remove a person or 

licensee responsible for a violation from

 working in the present capacity or in 

any capacity of the person or licensee 

related to activities regulated by the Department



Mortgage Licensees are regulated by which office?

 

National Credit Union Administration

Office of Thrift Supervision

PA Department of Banking

Comptroller of the Currency

Mortgage Licensees in the State of Pennsylvania 

are regulated by the PA Department of Banking.

 The PA Department of Banking regulates 

and oversees a wide variety of financial institutions but they do not regulate all financial institutions 

doing business in Pennsylvania. 

If the institution has national or N.A. 

in its name it is regulated by 

the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). 

If the institution has federal or F.S.B. in its name, 

it is regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).

 If the institution is a credit union with the 

word federal in its name, it is regulated by 

the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).



The Pennsylvania Department of Banking may do any of the following except for:

 

Order a person or licensee to make restitution for actual damages to consumers

Request and receive records of any kind

Regulate an institution which possesses the 

word national in its name or the acronym N.A. after its name

Prohibit or permanently remove a person or licensee responsible for violations of the law

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking does not regulate institutions that possess the word 

national in their name or the acronym 

N.A. after their name. 

Such institutions are regulated by 

the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

If a lender purposefully engages in a pattern or practice of material violation of Consumer Equity Protection, an obligor:

 

Put a statement in their credit report

May initiate a criminal action

May file a complaint with the Secretary of the Department of Banking

May initiate a civil action to recover damages

 



Violations to Mortgage Loan Lender by licensee or 

employees of licensee may result in fines up to:

 

$500 per offense

$1,500 per offense

$5,000 per offense

$10,000 per offense

A person licensed, or director, officer, owner,

 partner, employee, or agent of a licensee 

who violates PA mortgage law or 

commits any action that subjects the licensee to suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal may be fined by 

the Department of Banking 

up to $10,000 for each offense.



Conduct or practices that the DOB

 believes to be dishonest, fraudulent, 

illegal, unfair, unethical, negligent, 

or incompetent may result in:

 

 Criminal action in the judicial network

An onsite examination with expenses billed to the licensee

An administrative action against the licensee by the DOB

Civil action in the judicial network

 



A decision of the Secretary of Banking is a final order of the department and is enforceable:

 

In a court of competent jurisdiction

By reporting order to Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System Registry

By state and county governments

In the state where it was issued

A decision of the Secretary of Banking 

shall be a final order of the Department 

and shall be enforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction.



Licensees may have their licenses revoked or suspended for:

 

Conducting mortgage originations through

 an unlicensed mortgage originator

Maintaining books and records at licensed branch locations where loans were originated

Paying the annual renewal fee on time

Conducting mortgage originations through licensed affiliates or subsidiaries

 

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https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=1992&sessInd=0&act=182&mobile_choice=suppress

https://www.phfa.org/programs/refinance.aspx