81 FR 19467 - Submission of Credit Card Agreements Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)

The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z require credit card issuers to submit their currently-offered credit card agreements to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), to be posted on the Bureau's Web site. In April 2015, the Bureau suspended that submission obligation for a period of one year. That suspension has expired, and the next submission is due on the first business day on or after April 30, 2016 (i.e., May 2, 2016). Credit card issuers should visit the Bureau's Web site for instructions on submitting credit card agreements.

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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

12 CFR Part 1026


Submission of Credit Card Agreements Under the Truth in Lending 
Act (Regulation Z)

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice of expiration of suspension.

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SUMMARY: The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z require 
credit card issuers to submit their currently-offered credit card 
agreements to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), to 
be posted on the Bureau's Web site. In April 2015, the Bureau suspended 
that submission obligation for a period of one year. That suspension 
has expired, and the next submission is due on the first business day 
on or after April 30, 2016 (i.e., May 2, 2016). Credit card issuers 
should visit the Bureau's Web site for instructions on submitting 
credit card agreements.

DATES: Credit card issuers are required to submit to the Bureau the 
agreements they offered to the public as of March 31, 2016, on or 
before May 2, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas L. Devlin, Counsel, or Kristine 
M. Andreassen, Senior Counsel, Office of Regulations, Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552, 
at 202-435-7700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April 2015, the Bureau amended Regulation 
Z (12 CFR part 1026), which implements TILA, and the official 
interpretation to that regulation, to temporarily suspend card issuers' 
obligations to submit credit card agreements to the Bureau for a period 
of one year i.e., the four quarterly submissions due to the Bureau by 
the first business day on or after April 30, 2015; July 31, 2015; 
October 31, 2015; and January 31, 2016, respectively.\1\
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    \1\ 80 FR 21153 (Apr. 17, 2015).
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    The suspension began with the submission that would have been due 
on the first business day on or after April 30, 2015, and ended with 
the submission that would have been due on the first business day on or 
after January 31, 2016. Accordingly, card issuers must resume 
submitting agreements to the Bureau with the submission due on the 
first business day on or after April 30, 2016 (i.e., May 2, 2016), 
covering credit card agreements that were offered to the public as of 
March 31, 2016.\2\ Regulation Z Sec.  1026.58(g) and comment 58(g)-2 
describe which agreements must be submitted to the Bureau as part of 
the submission due on May 2, 2016.
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    \2\ 12 CFR 1026.58(g)(1).
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    Regulation Z provides that card issuers shall submit their 
currently-offered agreements ``in the form and manner specified by the 
Bureau.'' \3\ Updated submission instructions are available through the 
Bureau's Web site.\4\ Card issuers' obligations to post currently-
offered credit card agreements on their publicly available Web sites, 
and to make agreements for open accounts available to cardholders, were 
not affected by the suspension.\5\
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    \3\ 12 CFR 1026.58(c)(1).
    \4\ http://www.consumerfinance.gov/credit-cards/agreements/.
    \5\ 12 CFR 1026.58(d), (e), (g)(2).

    Dated: March 28, 2016.
Richard Cordray,
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
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