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[ October 17, 2025 ] New national bank, based in Ohio and expected to focus on ‘digital asset activities,’ earns charter OCC
[ October 17, 2025 ] New non-discrimination posters in Spanish include phrase on Trump order about English as ‘official language’ OCC
[ October 16, 2025 ] Federal bank regulators rescind climate-related risk management principles FDIC
[ October 16, 2025 ] Florida bank faces overhaul of management, board, operations for alleged BSA/AML compliance deficiencies OCC
[ October 15, 2025 ] Banks, real estate lenders, seeing ‘mixed’ economic conditions, Fed reports The Fed

Overdraft not in CFPB’s spring agenda, Mulvaney says in hearing

April 11, 2018 0

Overdraft rules are not on the spring rulemaking agenda of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the bureau’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney, told lawmakers during Q&A in a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday. Mulvaney, […]

Proposed CFPB structure, mission changes belong to acting director – not Trump, other agencies – Mulvaney tells committee

April 11, 2018 0

Significant changes to the structure and mission of the federal consumer financial protection agency recommended by the agency’s acting director in House testimony Wednesday are his and not those of the White House or any […]

Last of ‘RFIs’ from CFPB issued; focus on agency’s system for collecting consumer complaints and inquiries

April 11, 2018 0

“Consumer complaints and inquiries” is the focus of the 12th, and last, of the “requests for information” from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the quest of the agency’s acting director to uncover evidence […]

In testimony, consumer bureau acting director outlines coming reconsideration of HMDA rules

April 11, 2018 0

Reconsidering various aspects of the 2015 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) regulations will be the focus of a rulemaking the federal consumer financial protection agency intends to open, the agency’s acting director told a House […]

Guidance provided on ‘cyber insurance,’ but exam council calls ‘effective controls’ still the best defense

April 10, 2018 0

Guidance for financial institutions considering special insurance to offset financial losses from data breaches and other cyber incidents is offered in a joint statement released Tuesday by federal financial institution regulators. However, the regulators noted […]

CFPB advisory board panels to meet on ‘call for evidence’ initiative, mobile financial services to vulnerable populations

April 9, 2018 0

Two subcommittees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) are set to meet by conference call April 18 and 19, respectively, to address two requests for information (RFIs) issued in the […]

Week ahead: CFPB leader to argue for significant changes in agency, while court appeal over who is rightful acting director opens

April 6, 2018 0

The federal consumer financial protection agency figures prominently in the week ahead, as the acting director is scheduled to testify twice and discuss his significant proposed changes for the bureau – and the claimant to […]

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New national bank, based in Ohio and expected to focus on ‘digital asset activities,’ earns charter

October 17, 2025 0

A new bank, focusing on digital assets, will soon appear in Columbus, Ohio, following the conditional approval of a “de novo” national bank charter, the national bank regulator said Thursday. Erebor Bank was granted the conditional approval of a national [...]
New non-discrimination posters in Spanish include phrase on Trump order about English as ‘official language’

October 17, 2025 0

With no hint of irony, new posters in Spanish aimed at promoting non-discrimination in housing lending will now include the phrase “Como se describe en la Orden Ejecutiva 14224, el inglés es el idioma oficial de los Estados Unidos,” which [...]
Federal bank regulators rescind climate-related risk management principles

October 16, 2025 0

Calling the principles unnecessary and distracting, prudential federal banking regulators on Thursday announced the rescission of their 2023 interagency principles for climate-related financial risk management, which applied to institutions having more than $100 billion in consolidated assets. The Federal Reserve [...]
Florida bank faces overhaul of management, board, operations for alleged BSA/AML compliance deficiencies

October 16, 2025 0

Unsafe or unsound practices related to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) risk management and suspicious activity reporting (SAR), among other things, have led to a formal agreement between a Florida bank and the national bank regulator, the agency said Thursday. [...]
Banks, real estate lenders, seeing ‘mixed’ economic conditions, Fed reports

October 15, 2025 0

“Mixed” economic conditions in the financial services sector were reported Wednesday by the Federal Reserve, with some of the agency’s district reporting improved business lending – but others continued to “highlight muted activity.” The agency said the mixed results also [...]
FDIC developing methods for nonbanks to participate in failed bank assets purchases

October 15, 2025 0

Methods for expanding participation from nonbanks in buying the assets of failed banks – such as those that went belly up in 2023 and 2024 — will be tested early next year, the acting board chairman for the federal bank [...]
Fed to expand operational hours for two large payments systems beginning in 2028

October 10, 2025 0

Sundays and weekday holidays will now be open for transactions through two of the central bank’s largest payments services, starting no earlier than 2028, the agency said late Thursday. The Fedwire (R ) Funds Service (FFS) and the National Settlement [...]
Guidance on capital instruments for MBOs lauded by national bank regulator, noting clarity offered

October 10, 2025 0

Providing clarity on capital instruments for mutual banking organizations (MBOs) through Federal Reserve guidance was lauded by the national bank regulator late Thursday. In a statement, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathon Gould said the Oct. 8 “additional tier 1 term [...]

Overdraft not in CFPB’s spring agenda, Mulvaney says in hearing

Proposed CFPB structure, mission changes belong to acting director – not Trump, other agencies – Mulvaney tells committee

Last of ‘RFIs’ from CFPB issued; focus on agency’s system for collecting consumer complaints and inquiries

In testimony, consumer bureau acting director outlines coming reconsideration of HMDA rules

Guidance provided on ‘cyber insurance,’ but exam council calls ‘effective controls’ still the best defense

CFPB advisory board panels to meet on ‘call for evidence’ initiative, mobile financial services to vulnerable populations

Week ahead: CFPB leader to argue for significant changes in agency, while court appeal over who is rightful acting director opens

11th ‘RFI’ from consumer agency looks at financial education (and how to eliminate, reduce ‘duplicative’ efforts)

Consumer bureau ended 2017 with slightly more workers (totaling 1,643) than previous year

Mulvaney: Congress must enact four changes in law for CFPB to curb power, provide accountability

New national bank, based in Ohio and expected to focus on ‘digital asset activities,’ earns charter

New non-discrimination posters in Spanish include phrase on Trump order about English as ‘official language’

Federal bank regulators rescind climate-related risk management principles

Florida bank faces overhaul of management, board, operations for alleged BSA/AML compliance deficiencies

Banks, real estate lenders, seeing ‘mixed’ economic conditions, Fed reports

FDIC developing methods for nonbanks to participate in failed bank assets purchases

Fed to expand operational hours for two large payments systems beginning in 2028

Guidance on capital instruments for MBOs lauded by national bank regulator, noting clarity offered