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A processor asks how to handle a file where a title company offers a gift card for each borrower referral. Which response is most accurate?

Correct Answer

C) Refuse the referral fee because no service is performed

Lines 244-249; 12 CFR 1024.14(b). A thing of value for a referral is prohibited even if the borrower charge does not increase. Therefore, the correct response is "Refuse the referral fee because no service is performed".

Answer Options
A
Apply the rule only after a regulator requests the file.
B
Treat the compliance requirement as optional because closing is near.
C
Refuse the referral fee because no service is performed
D
Continue processing without correcting the disclosure, licensing, compensation, or consumer-protection issue.

Why This Is the Correct Answer

Lines 244-249; 12 CFR 1024.14(b). A thing of value for a referral is prohibited even if the borrower charge does not increase. Therefore, the correct response is "Refuse the referral fee because no service is performed".

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