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[ September 11, 2025 ] FDIC seeking comments on proposed AML/CFT burden survey meant for use by all federal bank, CU regulators FDIC
[ September 10, 2025 ] Banking agencies slate Oct. 30 outreach meeting on EGRPRA reg review FDIC
[ September 9, 2025 ] OCC names two to new positions – one aimed at ‘elevating’ chartering function OCC
[ September 9, 2025 ] Disrupting, detecting ‘financially motivated sextortion’ is target of notice Other
[ September 8, 2025 ] Bulletins aim to ‘end weaponization of financial system’ by curbing ‘politicized, unlawful debanking’ OCC

BCFP councils now limited to 6 members each, new recently posted charters show

August 28, 2018 0

Three advisory panels established under the 2010 financial reform law that also created the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as CFPB) have been pared down in membership slots to six each, according […]

Consumer bureau’s top student loan watchdog resigns, says bureau has ‘abandoned’ consumers

August 27, 2018 0

The student loan ombudsman for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) on Monday stated in a letter of resignation to Acting Director John (“Mick”) Mulvaney that the bureau under Mulvaney’s leadership no longer protects […]

RR post-break wrap-up: OCC clarifies CRA rating policy, Fed fines Citigroup, BCFP settles with Hydra Group; and more

August 24, 2018 0

Regulatory Report took a week-long break from Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, but the news didn’t. Here is a wrap-up of some of the key developments during the period. OCC policy on CRA clarified, leaving […]

Reg thresholds for mortgage and credit card disclosures, fees revised for 2019

August 24, 2018 0

All but one of the regulatory thresholds on what fees are allowed and which loans get special protections under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act) and […]

Study finds little consumer concern for ‘pink tax,’ although some disparities exist

August 23, 2018 0

Limited consumer concerns based on gender-related pricing differences – termed a “pink tax” – were identified by the federal consumer financial protection agency and two other federal, non-financial regulatory agencies, a new report released Thursday […]

Nominee for consumer director moves forward after partisan committee vote of 13-12

August 23, 2018 0

The nomination of the next director of the federal consumer financial protection agency was recommended favorably, narrowly and along partisan lines (and after withering criticism by Democrats) by a Senate committee Thursday. The next step […]

22% of consumer reports showed telecom-related collections in past 5 years, BCFP reports

August 22, 2018 0

Collections for telecommunications debt – for example, money owed for landline or cell phone, cable or Internet – showed up in more than 1 in 5 consumer credit reports from mid-2013 to early 2018, but […]

Bank, CU, securities regulators hold diversity and inclusion summit Sept. 13

August 22, 2018 0

Federal financial industry regulators will jointly host the first-ever Financial Regulatory Agencies’ Diversity and Inclusion Summit Sept. 13 in New York City, the federal agency that regulates credit unions said in an email announcement Monday. […]

Bureau urges servicemembers to ensure credit issues don’t affect their clearances

August 21, 2018 0

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) is warning servicemembers to heed new federal security clearance guidelines that provide for “continuous” monitoring of the financial status of servicemember with security clearances. This monitoring, undertaken by […]

Provision exempting some FIs from annual privacy notices kicks in Sept. 17

August 21, 2018 0

Final revisions providing an exemption from annual privacy notice requirements for financial institutions meeting certain conditions take effect Sept. 17, according to a notice in the Federal Register from the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, […]

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FDIC seeking comments on proposed AML/CFT burden survey meant for use by all federal bank, CU regulators

September 11, 2025 0

The costs to depository institutions of complying with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements are sought in an agency information collection proposed for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, according to [...]
Banking agencies slate Oct. 30 outreach meeting on EGRPRA reg review

September 10, 2025 0

Those interested in airing their views on federal banking regulators’ work considering what regulations might be deemed “outdated” or otherwise “unnecessary” can do so during an Oct. 30 outreach meeting in Kansas City, Mo., the agencies said. The agencies’ release [...]
OCC names two to new positions – one aimed at ‘elevating’ chartering function

September 9, 2025 0

A new principal deputy chief counsel and a new top executive for chartering – a move that “elevates” the chartering function – were announced Tuesday by the national bank regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said [...]
Disrupting, detecting ‘financially motivated sextortion’ is target of notice

September 9, 2025 0

Helping financial institutions detect and disrupt financially motivated sextortion is the aim of a notice issued Monday by the Treasury’s anti-financial crimes arm. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said the notice “underscores the importance of suspicious activity reporting (SAR) [...]
Bulletins aim to ‘end weaponization of financial system’ by curbing ‘politicized, unlawful debanking’

September 8, 2025 0

Eliminating “politicized or unlawful debanking” in the federal banking system is the subject of two bulletins issued Monday by the national bank regulator in an effort, the agency said, to “end the weaponization of the financial system.” That is, if [...]
FinCEN revises SW border targeting order, raising threshold for CTR reports

September 8, 2025 0

A reissued geographic targeting order (GTO), revised from March, increases the dollar threshold to $1,000 for cash transactions that certain money services businesses (MSB) must report on currency transaction reports (CTRs), Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm said Monday. The change [...]