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[ September 11, 2025 ] FDIC seeking comments on proposed AML/CFT burden survey meant for use by all federal bank, CU regulators FDIC
[ 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

Bureau attributes 54% increase in 2020 complaints to coronavirus crisis; credit, consumer reporting objections led total

March 24, 2021 0

More than a half million complaints – up 54% from the previous year – were fielded in 2020 by the federal consumer financial protection agency, which reflects the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis, the […]

CFPB: Consumers’ debt collection complaints rose 10% in 2020

March 22, 2021 0

An annual report to Congress by the federal agency charged with consumer financial protection shows that the agency received some 82,700 complaints about first-party and third-party debt collection in 2020, an increase of about 10% […]

Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices; Rescission

March 19, 2021 0

Title: Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices; Rescission Subject: Abusive acts or practices Agency: CFPB Status: Rescission of statement of policy Summary: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection is rescinding the […]

CFPB renews advisory committee charters; minimum numbers of community bank, credit union reps each up by 1

March 17, 2021 0

Two-year charter renewals for the consumer financial protection agency’s four advisory committees are slated for publication in the Federal Register Thursday. The notices by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) also show that the two […]

Stimulus payments should go directly to consumers, not to cover fees, agency asserts

March 17, 2021 0

In a release sporting a headline saying it is encouraging financial institutions and debt collectors to allow federal stimulus payments to reach consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Wednesday said it is concerned that […]

CFPB suit says CA student loan debt relief firm collected more than $3.5 million fees in violation of Telemarketing Sales Rule

March 16, 2021 0

A student loan debt relief company, its owner, and manager charged some 3,300 consumers more than $3.5 million illegal up-front fees in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) from 2015 to 2019, the consumer […]

Equal Credit Opportunity (Regulation B); Discrimination on the Bases of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

March 15, 2021 0

Title: Equal Credit Opportunity (Regulation B); Discrimination on the Bases of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Subject: ECOA, Reg B Agency: CFPB Status: Interpretive rule Summary: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing […]

Bureau rescinds January 2020 statement limiting response to ‘abusive’ practices

March 11, 2021 0

A policy announced during the Trump administration that limited the extent of the consumer financial protection agency’s response to certain abusive acts or practices affecting consumers was rescinded Thursday, the agency announced. In a release, […]

Senate Banking tied on CFPB director nominee Chopra; next action is in Senate

March 11, 2021 0

President Joe Biden’s nomination of Rohit Chopra to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) drew a tie vote by the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday, 12-12, and now awaits Senate action. If confirmed, […]

Discrimination for sexual orientation, gender identity prohibited, bureau clarifies in rule

March 9, 2021 0

Discrimination for sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited under equal credit opportunity regulations, the federal consumer financial protection agency said Tuesday. The subhead for the press release announcing the rule issued by the agency […]

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FDIC seeking comments on proposed AML/CFT burden survey meant for use by all federal bank, CU regulators

September 11, 2025 0

The costs to depository institutions of complying with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements are sought in an agency information collection proposed for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, according to [...]
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 [...]