The Department of Finance is launching a new consultation on further lowering the criminal rate of interest, the payday lending exemption and other questions related to access to small loans. ...
MBRCC initiatives impacting co-brokering and mortgage product suitability recommendations The Mortgage Brokers’ Regulatory Council of Canada (MBRCC) has published its strategic plan for the next three years (2023-2026). Some of the strategic ...
The Government of Canada has launched a public consultation to examine ways to improve Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime. Comments or feedback in response to the consultation paper ...
CAPL has met with consultants working for FINTRAC to assist with the roll out of AML requirements for the mortgage services sector, which includes mortgage lenders. In order to understand ...
Recently CAPL proposed four exemptions to the Federal Government which would apply to the new lowered criminal rate of interest. Housing interest prohibitions in the Criminal Code appears to be ...
The Federal Government is planning to lower the criminal interest rate to 35%. This will impact private and alternative lenders, particularly lenders that provide loans on short terms, for example, ...
Read CAPL’s letter concerning proposed changes to the criminal rate of interest. Click here for criminal rate letter
CAPL has been advised that the Federal Government has tabled Notice of a Ways and Means Motion for Budget 2023 in the House of Commons. Division 34 of Part 4 introduces ...
Federal AML rules – As many now know, the federal government has now published new amending regulations to federal anti-money laundering legislation (the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist ...
The federal government has now published new amending regulations to federal anti-money laundering legislation (the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act – PCMLTFA) along with draft regulations to establish ...