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[ 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
[ September 8, 2025 ] FinCEN revises SW border targeting order, raising threshold for CTR reports Other

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CFPB circulars on deceptive use of FDIC name/logo, adverse credit action notice rules published

June 14, 2022 0

Two new circulars providing other agencies guidance on the consumer financial protection agency’s policy on matters related to misuse of elements denoting the presence of federal bank deposit insurance and on adverse action notification requirements […]

Big banks, credit unions, to be under microscope for how they provide access to customer service

June 14, 2022 0

How customers and members of big banks and credit unions may assert their rights to better customer service is the stated aim of an initiative announced Tuesday by the federal consumer financial protection agency, the […]

Credit report bullying, phony medical bill collectors continue to plague military, veterans, families, report asserts

June 13, 2022 0

Problems with coercive credit reporting and false medical bill collections – including billing inaccuracies and aggressive debt collector tactics to recover allegedly unpaid medical bills – are cited by military service members, their families, and […]

Consumer bureau sets sights on employer-driven debt products, practices

June 9, 2022 0

Practices and financial products that may leave workers indebted to their employers is the focus of an inquiry launched Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a request for information (RFI), the bureau […]

Student loan debt relief operator would be banned, fined, for allegedly absconding with $240,000 from borrower accounts

June 9, 2022 0

An operator of a California-based student loan debt relief firm would be banned from the industry after allegedly withdrawing more than $240,000 from student loan borrowers’ accounts without their authorization, the federal consumer financial protection […]

Bureau terminates lending firm’s ‘no action letter’ over fair lending laws at company’s request

June 8, 2022 0

A “no action letter” (NAL) has been terminated at the request of the company that initially received it so the firm could change its underwriting and pricing models but not be subject to additional review, […]

CFPB ‘spotlight’ shows about one-third of Americans saw drop in financial well-being from 2017 to 2020

June 7, 2022 0

Americans, on average, saw an increase in their financial well-being between 2017 and 2020 – likely aided by the government’s COVID-19 response offering varying types of financial and economic assistance – but most of those […]

Bureau asks six large credit card providers why they hold back ‘actual payment’ info from consumers

May 27, 2022 0

The leaders of six large credit card issuers have been asked to explain some of their companies’ practices of allegedly holding back information about payments made by consumers in letters from the consumer financial protection […]

Bureau clarifies that complex algorithms in credit models still subject to ECOA disclosures

May 26, 2022 0

Companies using complex algorithms for credit models – sometimes called “black box” – must provide specific and accurate explanations for denying applications for credit, the federal consumer financial protection agency said Thursday. In a release, […]

Bureau ditches innovation office for new ‘competition, innovation’ group that it says will focus on open markets

May 24, 2022 0

Spurring innovation in financial services by promoting competition and identifying stumbling blocks for new market entrants is the aim of a new office created within the federal consumer financial protection agency (and replacing another), the […]

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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 [...]