Stablecoins may be used to conduct payment activities and other bank-permissible functions by national banks and federal savings associations, their federal regulator said in a letter issued Monday. The letter, issued by the Office of […]
A penalty of $2.175 million must be paid by a Las Vegas, Nev., firm for violations of federal law regulating lending to members of the military, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Dec. 30. […]
A “dual-feature credit card” and a program allowing employees access to their earned but unpaid wages prior to payday got the green light Dec. 30 for limited time under two “compliance assistance sandbox” (CAS) approval […]
John P. Conneely is now the director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) division of complex institution supervision and resolution (CISR), replacing Ricardo R. (“Rick”) Delfin, who has run the department since its creation […]
The federal credit union regulator’s communication methods are up for comment in an effort, the agency said Monday, to “promote efficiency and increase transparency.” In a release, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said it […]
Two candidates have been renominated by the White House to lead federal financial institution regulators – but Senate action on those nominations most likely will have to take place by Jan. 20 in order for […]
Regulatory Report is taking a holiday break, beginning Dec. 24; publication will resume on Jan. 4. That is, unless there are significant news events between now and then – in which case “special reports” will be […]
A $25 million civil money penalty, and a $10 million ding for consumer redress, was ordered against a bank and its student lending subsidiaries for violating previous orders, the federal consumer financial protection agency said […]
Providing erroneous consumer loan data to consumer reporting agencies over years at a time has earned a U.S. subsidiary of a Spanish bank a consent order from the federal consumer financial protection agency, which imposes […]
The federal banking agencies have extended, to Jan. 1, 2022, temporary “no-action” relief for applying Regulation O to companies that manage funds investing in banking organizations. The action by the agencies extends relief provided last […]
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