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[ October 31, 2025 ] Agency announces prohibitions, including two in MS and NC for misappropriations involving hundreds of thousands of dollars FDIC
[ October 31, 2025 ] Former MN credit union teller barred from future FI service NCUA
[ October 30, 2025 ] Report: credit union regulator board to stop publishing annual meeting schedules NCUA
[ October 30, 2025 ] Fed announces two prohibitions, from workers at AL and TN banks (the latter a NY branch) The Fed
[ October 29, 2025 ] CFPB rescinds rule on nonbank persons registry, withdraws proposal on firms using form contracts; more CFPB

Consumer bureau slaps USAA bank with $3.5 million penalty, orders restitution of $12 million

January 3, 2019 0

USAA Federal Savings Bank – one of the largest financial institutions serving active and retired members of the military, and their families – will pay $12 million in restitution and a $3.5 million civil money penalty (CMP) […]

Report: CFPB director will enforce law, but consider ‘costs and benefits’ to consumers of actions

January 3, 2019 0

Vigorous enforcement of the law will be pursued, but the “costs and benefits to consumers” of enforcement activities and rulemakings will also weighed, according to a memo sent to staff Wednesday by the new director […]

Consumer bureau workers like their jobs, value agency mission – but not necessarily ‘senior leadership’ policies, integrity

December 31, 2018 0

More than four in every five of the workers at the federal consumer financial protection agency acknowledge that the work they do is important (and a similar number say they like the work that they […]

In reversal of long-time trend, more credit card programs offered through colleges in 2017, report finds

December 28, 2018 0

Reversing a long-standing trend, credit card programs offered with colleges and universities or their affiliated entities increased in 2017, according to a report issued Friday by the federal consumer financial protection agency. In its College […]

Bureau guidance outlines HMDA data changes for coming year – and more modifications, too

December 26, 2018 0

Final policy guidance describing mortgage lending data that will be disclosed publicly in 2019 – as well as information that will be excluded from disclosure – was announced Friday by the federal consumer financial protection […]

Report calls for ‘systematic process’ at consumer bureau for prioritizing consumer risks

December 21, 2018 0

A systematic process by the federal consumer financial protection agency for prioritizing risks to consumers could use principles such as assessment of the extent of potential harm to consumers in financial markets, the congressional watchdog […]

Fintech lenders need more guidance on use of alternative data, GAO finds

December 19, 2018 0

While alternative data is helpful for financial technology, or “fintech,” companies to use in determining borrowers’ creditworthiness, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the federal banking agencies should communicate with these lenders about how to […]

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Agency announces prohibitions, including two in MS and NC for misappropriations involving hundreds of thousands of dollars

October 31, 2025 0

Prohibitions for September were announced Friday by the federal bank deposit insurance agency, including two for allegedly misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars from their respective banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) said Shelley C. Bounchareune, a former employee [...]
Former MN credit union teller barred from future FI service

October 31, 2025 0

A former teller of Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union of Saint Paul, Minn., was barred from any future work in federally insured financial institutions under an October prohibition order. In the consent order, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said [...]
Fed announces two prohibitions, from workers at AL and TN banks (the latter a NY branch)

October 30, 2025 0

Two prohibitions, both the result of recent consent agreements, were made public against two bankers by the Federal Reserve Thursday: one for a former New York worker, and the other for a former Alabama bank employee. The Fed said Md [...]
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 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [...]
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 a new interpretive rule published [...]
OCC wants to rescind guidelines for big banks on recovery planning; says banks ‘should’ be doing it anyway

October 27, 2025 0

Big banks – those with at least $100 billion in assets – are expected to be well managed and have appropriate risk-management processes in place; thus, no guidelines on “recovery planning” are necessary, the national bank regulator proposed late Monday. [...]
Comptroller jumps on stress-test reform bandwagon, praising Fed request for comment

October 27, 2025 0

Calling the current stress-test regime for large banks “too complex and opaque,” the national bank regulator late Monday praised the Federal Reserve for proposing changes to the stress test models. Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould said the Fed’s [...]

Consumer bureau slaps USAA bank with $3.5 million penalty, orders restitution of $12 million

Report: CFPB director will enforce law, but consider ‘costs and benefits’ to consumers of actions

Consumer bureau workers like their jobs, value agency mission – but not necessarily ‘senior leadership’ policies, integrity

In reversal of long-time trend, more credit card programs offered through colleges in 2017, report finds

Bureau guidance outlines HMDA data changes for coming year – and more modifications, too

Report calls for ‘systematic process’ at consumer bureau for prioritizing consumer risks

Fintech lenders need more guidance on use of alternative data, GAO finds

Asserting leadership (and picking battles), new consumer bureau director unplugs name change plan of predecessor

Volcker Rule proposal eases restrictions on community banks, per EGRRCPA; Gruenberg takes cautionary view

Study identifies eight key findings for financial well-being in older Americans

Agency announces prohibitions, including two in MS and NC for misappropriations involving hundreds of thousands of dollars

Former MN credit union teller barred from future FI service

Fed announces two prohibitions, from workers at AL and TN banks (the latter a NY branch)

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

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

OCC wants to rescind guidelines for big banks on recovery planning; says banks ‘should’ be doing it anyway

Comptroller jumps on stress-test reform bandwagon, praising Fed request for comment