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[ December 4, 2025 ] Pair of former U.S. contractors charged with conspiring to delete databases with federal information FDIC
[ December 3, 2025 ] OCC names former federal prosecutor as deputy chief counsel; will advise on legal, policy, administration OCC
[ December 3, 2025 ] Misuse of confidential debit card information leads to Ohio banker’s prohibition The Fed
[ December 2, 2025 ] Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking CFPB
[ December 2, 2025 ] NCUA OIG report: 6 credit union failures cost NCUSIF $18.4 million; 2 due to fraud NCUA

Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking

December 2, 2025 0

The Dec. 10 afternoon meeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) will be preceded that morning with one addressing fair lending/debanking, according to a notice on the agency’s website. The […]

CFPB consumer advisory panel to hold first 2025 meeting Dec. 10, small dollar products on tap

November 24, 2025 0

The federal consumer financial protection agency’s Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) is slated to hold its first open meeting of the year Dec. 10, according to a notice in Monday’s Federal Register. That meeting will include, […]

White House offers OMB staffer, with focus on environment, to become consumer bureau director

November 19, 2025 0

The next leader for the federal consumer financial protection agency would be a staff member of the White House budget office – who has focused on environmental issues — if the Senate confirms the nomination, […]

CFPB proposes to reduce Reg B consumer protections; focus small-biz loan data collection on ‘truly small’ businesses

November 13, 2025 0

Changes to its Regulation B implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), including removal of provisions recognizing “disparate impact” and a narrowing of its small-business loan data collection requirements, are proposed by the Consumer Financial […]

CFPB: DOJ office finds bureau may not legally draw funds ‘at this time’

November 12, 2025 0

The consumer bureau charged with consumer financial protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) may not legally request funds “at this time” from the Federal Reserve, the bureau said in […]

CFPB rescinds rule on nonbank persons registry, withdraws proposal on firms using form contracts; more

October 29, 2025 0

Nonbank “covered persons” who are subject to court or government agency’s final public orders related to offering or providing consumer financial products or services no longer need to get themselves on a registry maintained by […]

CFPB: FCRA’s state-law preemption on credit reporting broader than held in 2022

October 28, 2025 0

The Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) preemption of state laws related to consumer credit reporting is broader than presented in a now-rescinded 2022 interpretive rule, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says. The CFPB, in […]

Former FDIC Board member finally lands at Treasury after Senate confirmation

October 8, 2025 0

From the board of the federal bank deposit insurance agency, to nominee to run the federal consumer financial protection agency, Jonathon McKernan has now bounced to be the next top Treasury liaison to financial institutions […]

CFPB finalizes delays in small-biz loan data collection rule

October 3, 2025 0

Delayed effective dates for compliance and first filings under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) small-business loan data collection rule were made final under a rule published in the Federal Register. The final rule means […]

CFPB proposes limits on ‘risk to consumers’ considered when designating a nonbank for its supervision

August 25, 2025 0

A binding definition of “risk to consumers” that must be considered in any decision to bring a nonbank service provider under consumer bureau supervision will be out for a 30-day comment period under a notice […]

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Pair of former U.S. contractors charged with conspiring to delete databases with federal information

December 4, 2025 0

Conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information are the charges faced by two Virginia men who had served as federal contractors, federal banking regulators and prosecutors said Wednesday. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) Office [...]
OCC names former federal prosecutor as deputy chief counsel; will advise on legal, policy, administration

December 3, 2025 0

Advice to senior national bank regulator officials on significant legal, policy and administrative matters affecting the federal banking system will be among the duties of Brian P. Hudak, named new deputy chief counsel of the agency, it said Wednesday. The [...]
Misuse of confidential debit card information leads to Ohio banker’s prohibition

December 3, 2025 0

A former Ohio banker has consented to her prohibition from serving in a financial institution in the future after allegedly obtaining confidential customer information, including debit card information, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. The Fed said Tahjanae Richardson, a former [...]
Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking

December 2, 2025 0

The Dec. 10 afternoon meeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) will be preceded that morning with one addressing fair lending/debanking, according to a notice on the agency’s website. The CAB is scheduled to meet [...]
NCUA OIG report: 6 credit union failures cost NCUSIF $18.4 million; 2 due to fraud

December 2, 2025 0

Total losses to credit unions’ federal share insurance fund due to credit union failures amounted to about $18.4 million from April through September, according to a recent inspector general semiannual report supplied to Congress. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) [...]
No changes for ‘26 assessment rates at OCC, continuing decrease made in fall

December 1, 2025 0

No changes for assessment rates are on tap for 2026 by the national bank regulator, which will continue the reduced rate adopted in September, the agency said Monday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the new [...]
Agencies, in effort to streamline call reports, look for sources of ‘reporting burden’

December 1, 2025 0

Sources of regulatory reporting burden for banks that file call reports are being sought by the federal banking agencies, they said in joint communications Monday, in an effort aimed at streamlining the quarterly reports. “This request for information (RFI) offers [...]
8 banks ‘outstanding,’ 24 ‘satisfactory’ in OCC’s latest CRA ratings list

December 1, 2025 0

Eight banks deemed “outstanding” and 24 “satisfactory” for their performance under the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) make up the list of institutions whose ratings became public in November, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Monday. [...]