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The budget for Maine State Government requires all executive branch Departments, Agencies and Offices to be closed on Friday, August 6, 2010.  Many services offered by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are always available at www.maine.gov/pfr.

 

NOTICE OF ADDRESS CHANGE

The physical address of the Bureau has changed from 124 Northern Avenue to 76 Northern Avenue, Gardiner, Maine 04345. For express deliveries by couriers other than U.S. Postal Service, please send to this new address. Please continue to send all U.S. Postal mail to 36 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0036.

The Bureau of Financial Institutions supervises all state-chartered financial institutions including banks, credit unions, and nondepository trust companies.

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• Home Foreclosures Continue to Increase but Delinquent Mortgage Loans Decrease at Maine Banks and Credit Unions
• Commissioner Anne Head Announces Confirmation of Superintendents for Maine’s Department of Professional and Financial Regulation
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Joins FDIC in Advising Consumers about Risks and Costs Associated with Blank Checks from Credit Card Issuers - March 24, 2010
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Announces Continued Modest Increase in Home Foreclosures, But Increase in New Mortgage Loans - March 15, 2010
• Superintendent LaFountain's Presentation on 4th Quarter Foreclosures Before the Insurance and Financial Services Committee on March 10, 2010 (pdf format)
• State Regulators Assist Consumers with New Credit Card Regulations
• 2010 Annual Report from the Superintendent of the Bureau of Financial Institutions to the Legislature - pdf
• Gift Card Alert
• Third Quarter 2009 Foreclosure Survey Data
• FDIC Warning of Phishing Attempt
• Bureau of Financial Institutions’ Survey Shows Continuation of Upward Trend in Home Foreclosures at Maine Banks and Credit Unions But SignificantIncrease in New Mortgage Loan Originations - pdf
• Border Trust Company - Order to Cease and Desist
• Border Trust Company - Stipulation and Consent to the Issuance of an Order to Cease and Desist
• Border Bancshares, Inc., Augusta, Maine - Formal Written Agreement
• Maine's Bureau of Financial Institutions Issues Warning About New Phishing Attempts Targeting Maine Consumers
• Superintendent Issues 2009 Report to the Legislature - Click here to access report in pdf format
• Bureau of Financial Institutions’ Survey Shows Continuing Small Increase in Home Foreclosures at Maine Banks and Credit Unions during 3rd Quarter
• Bureau of Finanical Institutions Issues Report Examining Impact of Data Breaches on Maine Banks and Credit Unions
• Maine Data Breach Study
• Bureau of Financial Institutions' Survey Shows Slight Increase in Home Foreclosures during 2nd Quarter of 2008
• Bureau of Financial Institutions Finds Low Foreclosure Numbers at Maine Banks and Credit Unions
• Bureau of Financial Institutions and Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection Issue Joint Advisory Ruling #116 - "Convenience" HELOCs
• State Agencies Focus on Elder Abuse Awareness
• What Consumers Should Know About the Hannaford Data Breach
• OCC Makes Available Downloadable Consumer Illustrations of Information on Nontraditional Mortgage Products

» All Bureau Press Releases

Notices

• The Bureaus of Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Protection propose re-promulgation of Mortgage Lending: Guidelines for Determining Reasonable, Tangible Net Benefit
• Notice of rule-making Proposal - Regulation #44
• Tangible Net Benefit Form
• The Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection's proposed re-promulgation of Regulation Z-2
• The Notice of Agency Rule-making Proposal regarding the re-promulgation of Regulation Z-2
• A synopsis of the relevant enacted laws passed by the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature may be found at the Bureau's Notice to Interested Parties
• Application from Bangor Bancorp, MHC, Bangor, Maine to Acquire by Merger Pepperell Bancshares Financial Group, Inc., Biddeford, Maine
• Notice of Order of Conservation of QUADS Trust Company
• Order Appointing Conservator in re: QUADS Trust Company

» All Notices

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• Chapter 145 (Regulation #45) - Student Loans
• Payroll Processing Law

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