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[ May 8, 2025 ] OCC restores previous merger act rules; comments due in 30 days OCC
[ May 7, 2025 ] Regulator opens door to banks buying, selling crypto assets held in custody – the latest in rolling back crypto hurdles OCC
[ May 6, 2025 ] ‘Buy now, pay later’ rule not a priority for enforcement, CFPB says; rescission to be considered CFPB
[ May 5, 2025 ] OCC’s RFI asks about obstacles to community banks going digital OCC
[ May 5, 2025 ] FDIC ratings under CRA show 3 banks ‘outstanding’ and 2 ‘needs to improve’ FDIC

Financial firms liable for consumer financial protection violations with lax data protection, agency warns

August 11, 2022 0

Financial companies may violate federal consumer financial protection law when they fail to safeguard consumer data, and they may be held liable for putting those data at risk, according to a circular published by the […]

Chopra: Bureau considering new rules on consumer use of own financial data; examining tech firms’ consumer reporting

August 10, 2022 0

Consumers’ use of their own financial data and how technology companies’ activities may require consumer reporting are two rules under consideration by the federal consumer financial protection agency, its director indicated Wednesday. Speaking to a […]

Fintech firm’s faulty algorithm caused overdrafts, penalties, bureau asserts; $2.7 million fine imposed

August 10, 2022 0

Claims that a faulty algorithm has caused overdrafts and overdraft penalties for customers has led to an action – including a $2.7 million fine – by the federal consumer financial protection agency against a San […]

Behavioral marketing exposes tech firms to consumer financial protection law violations, rule asserts

August 10, 2022 0

Tech firms that use behavioral targeting in their marketing of individual consumers regarding financial products are liable for violations if they do not comply with federal consumer finance protections, the federal consumer financial protection agency […]

Small-biz data collection final rule slated for March 2023

August 8, 2022 0

A final rule to require the collection and reporting of small-business loan data under Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) is slated for action about March 2023, according to the latest regulatory agenda published by […]

Bureau events seek to prep industry for upcoming rule on small-biz data reporting

August 8, 2022 0

Two events – one virtual, the later one in person – are slated for August and September to begin a discussion with financial institutions and their providers on implementation of an upcoming small-business lending data […]

Joint letter serves to remind – and warn – auto finance companies of special protections extended to servicemembers

July 29, 2022 0

Military servicemembers have additional rights to protect them and their families against unique financial challenges, auto finance companies were reminded, and warned, in a letter issued Friday by the federal consumer financial protection agency and […]

$35.5 million fine assessed against one of nation’s biggest banks for exploiting customers’ data to open sham accounts

July 28, 2022 0

A $37.5 million fine for allegedly illegally exploiting customers’ personal data to open sham accounts for unsuspecting customers was announced Thursday against the fifth-largest U.S. bank by the federal consumer financial protection agency. The Consumer […]

Firms’ reduction in medical debt reporting will leave nearly half of consumers with such debt still affected, CFPB says

July 27, 2022 0

Consumer credit reporting companies’ changes to medical debt collection reporting, announced in March, will remove some but not all medical debt collections and will leave nearly half of consumers still seeing such collections on their […]

Hyundai finance arm slapped with $19 million fine for providing inaccurate info to credit reporting companies

July 26, 2022 0

A fine of $19 million has been ordered against a Korean auto manufacturer-owned finance company for “repeatedly providing inaccurate information to nationwide credit reporting companies” and failing to address the bad information once it was […]

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OCC restores previous merger act rules; comments due in 30 days

May 8, 2025 0

The national bank regulator is restoring its pre-2024 business combinations rule under the Bank Merger Act (BMA), undoing the rule adopted last September and also rescinding its related policy statement. The changes by the Office of the Comptroller of the [...]
Regulator opens door to banks buying, selling crypto assets held in custody – the latest in rolling back crypto hurdles

May 7, 2025 0

National banks and federal savings associations may buy and sell crypto assets held in custody, the national bank regulator confirmed Wednesday in an interpretive letter. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the banks may transact the [...]
‘Buy now, pay later’ rule not a priority for enforcement, CFPB says; rescission to be considered

May 6, 2025 0

Enforcement of last year’s interpretive rule on “buy now, pay later” loans will not be prioritized and could be rescinded in the future, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the bureau said Tuesday. As with other rules the bureau has [...]
OCC’s RFI asks about obstacles to community banks going digital

May 5, 2025 0

Questions about the key challenges and barriers faced by community banks in adopting and implementing digital banking solutions are posed in a request for information (RFI) announced Monday by the national banking regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the [...]
FDIC ratings under CRA show 3 banks ‘outstanding’ and 2 ‘needs to improve’

May 5, 2025 0

Of the 64 banks assigned ratings under the federal anti-redlining statute this February, three were rated “outstanding” and 2 were rated “needs to improve,” the federal bank deposit insurer said Monday. The remaining 57 banks were deemed “satisfactory” under the [...]
Enforcement of ECOA small-business loan data collection deprioritized at CFPB

May 1, 2025 0

Add the agency’s Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) small-business loan data collection rule to those the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) won’t be going out of its way to enforce. The bureau said Wednesday that in light of a stay [...]
Nearly half of 25 banks evaluated in April by OCC earn ‘outstanding’ CRA ratings

May 1, 2025 0

About half of banks – out of 25 total – earned “outstanding” ratings for their compliance with anti-redlining regulations during April, the regulator of national banks said Thursday. In its latest monthly release of ratings for compliance with Community Reinvestment [...]
Texas commissioner re-elected as chair of state liaison committee to Exam Council

May 1, 2025 0

The Texas commissioner of banking will serve as the chair of the state regulator liaison committee for another year to the umbrella group of federal financial institution regulators, the agency announced Thursday. Charles G. Cooper, commissioner of the Texas Department [...]