Securities Dictionary by Mayer Brown

ATR or AtR

Ability to Repay. The Ability-to-Repay Rule was adopted by the CFPB to implement the mandate of Title XIV of the DFA requiring a creditor to make a reasonable good faith determination that a borrower has the ability to repay a loan.

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