September 7, 2016
Are You Ready to Comply With TDI's Call for Agent Statistical Data by the Sept. 30 Deadline?
Texas Land Title Association | Sept. 7, 2016
Be in compliance with TDI's Agent Statistical Data call! Reports are due Sept. 30, and TLTA's Experience Reporting webinar can help you stay in compliance. Register today for the
live or the
On-Demand version!
Instructors will be covering a lot of information in the webinar and want to have time to hear and answer your questions! To make sure your questions are addressed, TLTA strongly recommends sending them to [email protected] before the webinar.
On-Time and Error Free TDI Experience Reporting
When: Thursday, Sept. 8 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. CDT
Moderator:
Ed Hill, Ed Hill & Company, CPAs, LLC
Presenters:
Sylvia Freyling, Regional Controller/North Texas Operations Accounting Center Manager, Fidelity National Group
Albert Garcia, CPA, Partner, Start Garcia & Stanley, LLC
Nancy Waggoner, Vice President/Controller, Republic Title of Texas, Inc.
CE Credit: 1.5 hours Escrow credit, 1.5 hours CPE credit
Cost: Member: $129 | Nonmember: $159
Live Version |
On-Demand Version
Read the Compliance Update on TDI's Call for Agent Statistical Data »
FinCEN Issues Advisory on E-Mail Compromise Fraud Schemes
Sept. 6, 2016
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to help financial institutions guard against a growing number of e-mail fraud schemes in which criminals misappropriate funds by deceiving financial institutions and their customers into conducting wire transfers. This advisory also provides red flags – developed in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service – that financial institutions may use to identify and prevent such e-mail fraud schemes. Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) and E-mail Account Compromise (EAC) schemes are among the growing trend of cyber-enabled crime adversely affecting financial institutions.
Mortgage Defects Skyrocketing. The Cause? TRID
HousingWire | Sept. 6, 2016
As the mortgage industry approaches the one-year anniversary of the October 2015 implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule, there is little doubt that the impact is still being felt. One of the earliest reports about TRID’s impact on the loan process showed a startlingly high error rate in the first mortgages to be written post-TRID. And now, a new report from ACES Risk Management (or ARMCO) shows that the rate of serious mortgage defects is rapidly rising, and has been ever since TRID became the law of the land.
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Mortgage Complaints Sit Lower on CFPB Complaint List
DS News | Aug. 30, 2016
As the CFPB approaches one million complaints handled in its five-year history, mortgages have taken a back seat behind debt collection as the most complained-about financial product, according to the bureau’s latest monthly complaint snapshot released Tuesday.
Don't miss this opportunity to attend a live presentation of TLTA's new and improved An Introduction to Title Insurance in Texas series, known as Title 101! This 12-part series, previously only available as an On-Demand video, features an updated program with the basic training and knowledge you need on the fundamental aspects of Texas title insurance.
Introduction to Title Insurance Series Live
Monday, Nov. 7 - Tuesday, Nov. 8
Cost: TLTA members - $425; nonmembers - $475 ($25 late fee applies after Oct. 28)
10.0 hours Escrow credit (pending TDI approval)
Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria
Registration for the 26th Annual Texas Land Title Institute in December is now open! Register today for the
Institute as well as the
pre-Institute program, and
book your room, too.
Title Insurance and Doc Prep Basics: An Introduction to Closing the Deal
Wednesday, Dec. 7 - Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio
6.5 hours Escrow credit (pending TDI approval), 6.5 MCLE and TREC credit hours available
26th Annual Robert C. Sneed Texas Land Title Institute
Thursday, Dec. 8 - Friday, Dec. 9 - Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio
9.0 hours Escrow credit, including 1.0 hour Ethics credit (pending TDI approval), 14.0 hours MCLE credit (including 3 hours Ethics) and 9.0 hours TREC credit
TLTA is lining up great webinars for the fall. Register for these today, or watch them as On-Demand Webinars!
Escrow Accounting 101 (Thursday, Sept. 22)
CFPB, TRID and RESPA (Wednesday, Oct. 12)
Just Added: Please Release Me, Part 2 (Tuesday, Oct. 18)