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[ March 22, 2019 ] Supplementary leverage ratio, deposit insurance rules slated for March 29 FDIC Board meeting FDIC
[ March 22, 2019 ] ‘Transparency’ initiative paying off with thousands of public views of bank insurer’s website, chairman tells group FDIC
[ March 22, 2019 ] Federally chartered commercial banks, thrifts see 41% less trading revenue in 4Q, OCC reports OCC
[ March 22, 2019 ] New York Fed’s new fintech group holds first meeting April 1 The Fed
[ March 21, 2019 ] UPDATED: CFPB advisory panels to meet 3 times a year effective FY2020, terms extended; applications welcome CFPB

Kraninger – with a ‘grr’ – faces questions about payday lending rule, other issues in first hearing

March 7, 2019 0

Setting priorities for the federal consumer protection agency, including the tone for how it operates as an agency, are the tasks ahead for its new director, she told a congressional oversight hearing Thursday at the […]

Regulator puts focus for credit unions on TRID FAQs issued by consumer bureau – including ‘safe harbor’

March 7, 2019 0

Four “frequently asked questions” issued by the federal consumer financial protection agency last month about the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule are a focus of an National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Consumer Financial Protection update […]

Two-faced? Business card of new consumer bureau director uses both ‘CFPB’ and ‘BCFP’

March 5, 2019 0

What’s the official name of the federal consumer financial protection agency: CFPB or BCFP? The new director, at least, isn’t taking any chances – as her two-sided business card displays both, recent names of the […]

Kraninger, panel will provide comments at House hearing on consumer bureau oversight

March 5, 2019 0

Consumer financial protection agency Director Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger will be among six witnesses for Thursday’s hearing before a House panel, which is conducting an oversight hearing on the agency. Kraninger, the director of the Consumer […]

‘Consumers First Act,’ a topic of Thursday’s CFPB oversight hearing, would reverse Mulvaney actions

March 5, 2019 0

A discussion draft of legislation that would reverse Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) actions carried out under the direction of “acting” director John (“Mick”) Mulvaney with respect to the bureau’s staffing, funding, operations, supervision, advisory […]

Following this week’s House panel session, Senate sets March 12 for semi-annual review of consumer bureau

March 4, 2019 0

The Senate will have its own turn with the federal consumer financial protection agency when it holds an oversight hearing next week, featuring the group’s new director. Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger, the director of the Consumer […]

In response to last year’s reg relief law, bureau proposes ‘PACE’ financing rules

March 4, 2019 0

A proposal to prescribe regulations on residential “Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)” financing was issued Monday by the federal consumer financial protection agency, as required under regulatory relief legislation enacted in May 2018. The Consumer […]

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing

March 4, 2019 0

Title: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Residential Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Subject: PACE Agency: CFPB Status: Proposed rule Summary: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed […]

Week Ahead: Stage set for prickly hearing on consumer bureau, brokered deposit rule takes effect, regulators talk designations for ‘nonbank’

March 1, 2019 0

An oversight hearing on the federal consumer financial protection bureau – the first under its new director – plus proposed changes to how nonbank firms are determined to pose risks to financial stability and a new rule […]

Servicemembers’ use of VA loans for first-home purchases rose during crisis and after, report shows

March 1, 2019 0

A report spanning the years leading up to and after the housing crisis shows a sharp rise in the proportion of servicemember mortgages guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) among first-time homebuyers that […]

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Supplementary leverage ratio, deposit insurance rules slated for March 29 FDIC Board meeting

March 22, 2019 0

Revisions to a supplementary leverage ratio requirement for custodial banks and proposals regarding federal deposit insurance are slated for discussion during an open meeting March 29 by the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the agency said Friday. [...]
‘Transparency’ initiative paying off with thousands of public views of bank insurer’s website, chairman tells group

March 22, 2019 0

About 10,000 website views per week of publicly available, previously unpublished information – and 50,000 unique visitors to the site – are signs that the federal bank deposit insurer’s program for greater transparency is having an impact, the chairman of the [...]
Federally chartered commercial banks, thrifts see 41% less trading revenue in 4Q, OCC reports

March 22, 2019 0

U.S. commercial banks and federal savings associations (FSAs) had $4.2 billion in trading revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 – down $2.9 billion, or 41%, from the third-quarter total, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said [...]
New York Fed’s new fintech group holds first meeting April 1

March 22, 2019 0

A Fintech Advisory Group formed to provide the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with perspectives and insight on financial technology (fintech) issues and their impacts on the markets – and the bank – was launched Friday and is set [...]