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[ April 25, 2024 ] Competing proposals to change rules on Bank Control Act withdrawn after neither can win majority of FDIC Board votes FDIC
[ April 25, 2024 ] FDIC: Deposit Insurance Fund on track to reach statutory minimum before deadline FDIC
[ April 25, 2024 ] CFPB’s consumer panel to meet May 15 CFPB
[ April 24, 2024 ] Bureau asserts scrutiny of mortgage servicing fees having impact; declines in overdraft, NSF fees leveling off CFPB
[ April 24, 2024 ] 4 named to FDIC MDI subcommittee; panel to meet May 1 FDIC

CFPB launches HMDA rule assessment, covering rules and revisions from 2015 forward

November 22, 2021 0

A voluntary assessment of its Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule – covering everything from the 2015 rule through last year’s revisions – is being undertaken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is […]

Alarmed about leaks of confidential info via former workers, CFPB leader issues guidance to staff

November 19, 2021 0

Concerned that some former agency employees are exploiting confidential information to make money, the director of the federal consumer financial protection issued guidance Friday calling on current workers to report suspicious activity. In a blog […]

FCC’s reassigned numbers database is a ‘complete and accurate’ database debt collectors can use, consumer bureau says

November 18, 2021 0

A database debt collectors can tap to help ensure the data they use for communications with consumers passes a regulatory smell test has been published by the Federal Communications Commission, according to an email notice […]

GAO gives CFPB clean audit opinion for fiscal 2021, 2020 financial statements

November 15, 2021 0

The financial statements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for fiscal years ending 2021 and 2020 were given an unmodified (or “clean”) audit opinion by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), according to a report […]

Open-end lines of credit mortgage disclosure data reporting adjusts to 200 at first of new year, agency reminds

November 12, 2021 0

The threshold adjusts to 200 open-end lines of credit for reporting mortgage disclosure data at the start of the new year, the federal consumer financial protection agency reminded Friday. In a publicly released letter, the […]

CFPB seeks injunction, money penalties from pawn lenders over MLA violations

November 12, 2021 0

Allegations of Military Lending Act (MLA) violations by pawn lenders First Cash, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary Cash America West, Inc., are at the root of a lawsuit filed Friday by the Consumer Financial […]

Bank, credit union regulators cease COVID-related supervisory ‘flexibility’ for mortgage servicers

November 12, 2021 0

Federal and state financial institution regulators on Wednesday said they were ending the flexible approach to supervision and enforcement they initiated in April 2020 regarding certain mortgage servicing timing requirements. The agencies – the Federal […]

CFPB opens 30-day public comment period on its big-tech data inquiry; input due Dec. 6

November 5, 2021 0

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) inquiry into the business practices of six large technology firms operating payments systems in the United States will be open for public comment until Dec. 6, according to a […]

CFPB Inquiry Into Big Tech Payment Platforms

November 5, 2021 0

Title: CFPB Inquiry Into Big Tech Payment Platforms Subject: Payments/big tech Agency: CFPB Status: Notice and request for comment Summary: On October 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) ordered six large […]

Bureau opinion affirms ‘name-only matching’ by background screeners violates FCRA

November 4, 2021 0

Background screeners that use “name-only matching” to verify the identity of job or housing applicants are violating federal law, according to an advisory opinion announced Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “Regulators are […]

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Competing proposals to change rules on Bank Control Act withdrawn after neither can win majority of FDIC Board votes

April 25, 2024 0

Neither of two competing proposals for changes to the federal bank deposit insurer’s rules implementing the Bank Control Act (BCA) were adopted Thursday by the agency’s board after sponsors of the two proposals withdrew them, largely after it became apparent [...]
FDIC: Deposit Insurance Fund on track to reach statutory minimum before deadline

April 25, 2024 0

The federal bank deposit insurer’s Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) reserve ratio grew from 1.11% June 2023 to 1.15% in December and remains on track to return to its statutory minimum of 1.35% before its statutory deadline of Sept. 30, 2028, [...]
CFPB’s consumer panel to meet May 15

April 25, 2024 0

A public meeting of the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) of the federal consumer financial protection agency is slated for May 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern. CAB is charged with advising and consulting with the Consumer Financial Protection [...]
Bureau asserts scrutiny of mortgage servicing fees having impact; declines in overdraft, NSF fees leveling off

April 24, 2024 0

More than $120 million in junk fee refunds since August from bank account deposits has resulted in the federal consumer financial protection agency’s supervision work on the charges, the agency said in a release Wednesday. Meanwhile, the agency said, fees [...]
4 named to FDIC MDI subcommittee; panel to meet May 1

April 24, 2024 0

Four bankers have been named to the minority depository institutions (MDI) panel that provides feedback to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on how the agency fulfills its statutory goals to support MDIs, the FDIC announced Wednesday. The new members [...]
Agencies give extension to comment period for Capitol One’s proposed purchase of Discover

April 24, 2024 0

The acquisition of Discover Financial Services by a large, Virginia-based banking firm will be subject to public comment through May 31, federal banking regulators said separately Wednesday. The Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [...]