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[ January 18, 2019 ] More banks soon eligible for 18-month exam cycle; OCC issues bulletin OCC
[ January 18, 2019 ] Bank directors, former CEO, face fines for failing to address earlier enforcement action OCC
[ January 18, 2019 ] Consumer bureau publishes 2.5% CMP inflation adjustment CFPB
[ January 18, 2019 ] GAO recommends legislation to define future role of GSEs – including structure and goals OCC
[ January 18, 2019 ] Most Fed districts see modest to moderate growth, says latest Beige Book The Fed

Nominations to BSA advisory panel due Jan. 28 to FinCEN

December 28, 2018 0

Nominations to a panel that advises Treasury on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) matters are due Jan. 28 to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), according to a notice published Friday in the Federal Register. FinCEN […]

FinCEN invites nominations of FIs, trade groups, non-governmental agencies to BSA advisory panel

December 21, 2018 0

Nominations to a broad-based advisory group on Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) operations, to fill three-year membership terms, were invited in a notice circulated Friday by Treasury’s financial crimes unit. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) […]

UBS Financial fined $14.5 million after more than a decade of BSA violations

December 17, 2018 0

UBS Financial Services, Inc. (UBSFS) was assessed a $14.5 million civil money penalty (CMP) over “willful” Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) violations under an order announced Monday by Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The […]

Former FDIC employee convicted of embezzling bank living will documents

December 17, 2018 0

A former senior employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 11 for stealing agency files on banks’ living will (resolution) plans and now faces […]

Exam council body publishes unofficial text for EGRRCPA appraisal exemption

December 17, 2018 0

An unofficial “staff version” of the recently amended portion of the federal law that established requirements for uniform real estate appraisals was published online Friday by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Appraisal Subcommittee […]

Exam Council officially launches beta HMDA data platform

December 14, 2018 0

The beta launch of a mortgage disclosure reporting platform for data collected this year was officially announced Friday by the umbrella group for federal financial institution regulators. In a release, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination […]

Financial stability council to meet on CECL, distributed ledger, nonbank designation guidance

December 13, 2018 0

The current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting methodology adopted by the accounting industry’s governing board is among the items included on a preliminary executive agenda for a planned Dec. 19 meeting of the Financial Stability […]

Treasury official points to joint BSA/AML ‘innovation’ statement as key to improving effectiveness

December 4, 2018 0

Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of anti-money laundering laws – and opening thedoor to bankers for ideas in protecting the financial system from illicit threats – were two objectives outlined by one of the Treasury […]

JEC cancels Wednesday’s Powell hearing on economic outlook

December 4, 2018 0

A joint Senate-House committee has canceled Wednesday’s hearing featuring testimony by the head of the nation’s central bank, citing “the changing congressional schedule.” Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome (“Jay”) Powell had been scheduled to testify […]

Kraninger nomination to consumer bureau cleared for final Senate vote

November 29, 2018 0

A vote on the president’s nomination of Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger to a permanent post as director of the consumer financial protection bureau cleared a procedural step Thursday and is on track for a Senate vote […]

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More banks soon eligible for 18-month exam cycle; OCC issues bulletin

January 18, 2019 0

A rule that, as of Jan. 28, is expected to make more than 400 additional banks potentially eligible for the 18-month, on-site examination cycle is highlighted in a bulletin issued Thursday to banking institutions supervised by the Office of the [...]
Bank directors, former CEO, face fines for failing to address earlier enforcement action

January 18, 2019 0

Five former directors of a Montana bank were fined $2,000 each – and the bank’s former president and board chairman $10,000 — for failing to take actions to correct issues outlined under a previous consent order their bank agreed to [...]
Consumer bureau publishes 2.5% CMP inflation adjustment

January 18, 2019 0

A final rule to implement a 2.5% increase in maximum civil money penalties (CMP) that may be assessed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was signed Jan. 6 by agency Director Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger and posted Jan. 15 in [...]
GAO recommends legislation to define future role of GSEs – including structure and goals

January 18, 2019 0

Congress should consider legislation for the future federal role of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in housing finance that addresses their structure and establishes clear, specific, and prioritized goals, as well as considering all relevant entities, the congressional watchdog said in [...]
Most Fed districts see modest to moderate growth, says latest Beige Book

January 18, 2019 0

Signs of continued economic growth – with eight of 12 Federal Reserve districts reporting modest to moderate growth – were noted in the Fed’s latest Beige Book report. “Outlooks generally remained positive, but many Districts reported that contacts had become [...]
OIG report on chairman’s office spending did not benchmark to other agencies, which spend more, NCUA says

January 18, 2019 0

A 2018 inspector general report on spending by the office of the chairman of the federal credit union regulatory agency, conducted in follow-up to an anonymous complaint, omitted any benchmarking with similar spending of other agencies (none specified) and with [...]