Latest developments from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (regulator of national banks)
Stablecoins and their issuance received a big boost Friday when five new national banks – two de novo charters and three conversions from state charters – were conditionally approved by the national bank regulator, all […]
A five-page report (plus cover) providing “preliminary findings” of a supervisory review of purported “debanking” activities by the nine largest banks it supervises was released Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency […]
The courts, or Congress, should remedy the outcome of a legal case decided last month that out-of-state banks and fintech partners lending to someone in Colorado must comply with state interest rate caps, the national […]
Banks may engage in “riskless” principal crypto-asset transactions with and on behalf of their customers, according to an interpretive letter released Tuesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The letter, from […]
Recission of guidance issued 12 years ago on leveraged lending was announced Friday by two federal banking regulators, who called it “overly restrictive” and impeding banks’ “risk management principles that guide their other business decisions,” […]
The national bank regulator on Friday issued an updated guidance bulletin on “venture loans” to “reflect the OCC’s policy of not discouraging banks from engaging in prudent venture lending activities.” Bulletin 2025-45, “Commercial Lending: Venture Loans […]
Advice to senior national bank regulator officials on significant legal, policy and administrative matters affecting the federal banking system will be among the duties of Brian P. Hudak, named new deputy chief counsel of the […]
An investigation will continue into the role played by the largest banks in debanking digital asset customers or other legal businesses, the national bank regulator said Monday, commenting on a congressional report on the practice […]
No changes for assessment rates are on tap for 2026 by the national bank regulator, which will continue the reduced rate adopted in September, the agency said Monday. The Office of the Comptroller of the […]
Sources of regulatory reporting burden for banks that file call reports are being sought by the federal banking agencies, they said in joint communications Monday, in an effort aimed at streamlining the quarterly reports. “This […]
Copyright (c) 2022, RegReport.info; Contact: editor@regreport.info