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[ May 24, 2019 ] FinCEN’s new Innovation Hours Program will facilitate demos of tech products, services to enhance BSA/AML efforts Other
[ May 24, 2019 ] Large banks would be ‘comfortable’ with 40% less reserve balances, survey finds The Fed
[ May 23, 2019 ] Three in four say they are ‘doing OK’ financially, Fed survey results find – but financial distress still exists The Fed
[ May 23, 2019 ] Federal savings associations with $20 billion or less prior to 2018 can elect to operate as ‘covered’ institutions under OCC rule OCC
[ May 23, 2019 ] OCC advisory panel on minority institutions meets June 12 in Dallas OCC

On FSOC nonbank designation guidance, senators take differing views (with talk of regulatory structure)

March 14, 2019 0

Senators both supported and criticized proposed guidance about designating nonbank financial firms as “systemically significant” during a hearing Thursday. The hearing by the Senate Banking Committee focused on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and […]

North Korea, Iran lead latest list of countries falling short in combatting terrorist financing

March 11, 2019 0

The latest list of countries and other jurisdictions that fall short in combatting the financing of terrorists – including North Korea and Iran – was released Friday by the Treasury’s arm for fighting financial crimes. […]

‘Nonbank designations’ would be based on four areas in proposed FSOC guidance

March 7, 2019 0

What is dubbed an “activities-based approach” to identifying and addressing potential risks to financial stability from nonbank financial companies is outlined in guidance proposed Wednesday by a group of federal financial services regulators. The Financial […]

Regulators adopt ‘report of exam’ principles to promote ‘consistency, clarity, easy of reference’

March 6, 2019 0

Principles for more clearly presenting “report of examination” (ROE) information were issued Wednesday by the federal financial institution regulators, which include (the regulators said) an effort to promote “consistency, clarity and ease of reference.” In […]

GAO, again, calls on Congress to consider combining regulatory agencies to address fragmentation, overlap

March 6, 2019 0

Repeating a recommendation made three years ago to Congress that federal financial regulators should be consolidated, the congressional watchdog Wednesday said again that doing so would address fragmentation and overlap in the financial regulatory structure. […]

Senate panel sets hearing to look at FSOC ‘designations’ of non-bank financial firms

March 5, 2019 0

Designations of non-bank financial firms as “systemically important” by a panel of federal regulators will be scrutinized in a March 14 Senate hearing. The Senate Banking Committee said the hearing will focus on the designations […]

FSOC to consider changes to guidance for designating nonbank financial firms as posing risks to financial stability

February 28, 2019 0

Proposed amendments to interpretive guidance on nonbank financial company designations as posing a risk to financial stability is on the agenda for the first 2019 open meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) when […]

Panel discusses bill barring regulators from actions against banks serving cannabis-related legit businesses

February 13, 2019 0

Legislation aimed at offering cannabis/marijuana-related legitimate businesses access to banking services – which would include imposing a number of requirements on federal financial institution regulators – was among the topics of scrutiny during a House […]

UPDATED: ‘Product sandbox’ comments due; hearing eyes cannabis banking; Powell speaks; NCUA Board nominees testify; more

February 11, 2019 0

The coming week includes a mix of regulatory agency proceedings, congressional hearings and public remarks addressing federal financial institution regulators and their policies. First up here is the winding down of the public comment period […]

Marijuana business banking set for consideration in House subcommittee hearing

February 6, 2019 0

Marijuana business banking will be the subject of a subcommittee hearing set for next week, the House Financial Services Committee announced Wednesday. The hearing, before the Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions subcommittee, is titled “Challenges […]

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FinCEN’s new Innovation Hours Program will facilitate demos of tech products, services to enhance BSA/AML efforts

May 24, 2019 0

Treasury’s financial crimes unit on Friday announced a new program that will allow financial institutions, technology providers, and other firms involved in financial services the chance to present new, emerging innovative products and services and approaches designed to enhance anti-money [...]
Large banks would be ‘comfortable’ with 40% less reserve balances, survey finds

May 24, 2019 0

Large banks believe they could be holding much lower reserve balances – about 40% less – than they are holding now, largely because of the continued low-interest-rate environment, according to the results of a survey of senior financial officers released [...]
Three in four say they are ‘doing OK’ financially, Fed survey results find – but financial distress still exists

May 23, 2019 0

Three in four U.S. adults said in 2018 that, financially at least, they were “doing OK” or “living comfortably” – up 12 percentage points from 2013 – according to the results of a survey released Thursday by the Federal Reserve. [...]
Federal savings associations with $20 billion or less prior to 2018 can elect to operate as ‘covered’ institutions under OCC rule

May 23, 2019 0

Federal savings associations (FSAs) that had total consolidated assets of $20 billion or less as of Dec. 31, 2017, can elect to operate as “covered” savings associations and enjoy the same rights and privileges as a national bank under a [...]
OCC advisory panel on minority institutions meets June 12 in Dallas

May 23, 2019 0

A public meeting of the panel that advises the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on issues affecting minority depository institutions is set for 1 p.m. Central time in Dallas, the OCC announced Thursday. The Minority Depository Institutions [...]
Fed plans test operation of term deposit facility next week; ‘no implications for monetary policy’

May 23, 2019 0

One operation this month of the Term Deposit Facility (TDF) will be tested by the Federal Reserve, with the aim of ensuring its operational readiness and providing the institutions that may use it some degree of familiarity, the agency said [...]
More public unit and nonmember shares would be OK for credit unions under NCUA proposed rule

May 23, 2019 0

The basis for measuring the regulatory limit on nonmember and public unit shares that federally insured credit unions (FICUs) may hold would change – in many cases increasing the dollar amount that could be held – under a proposed rule [...]
Aids for credit union chartering, identifying low-income areas for service focus of CURE office at NCUA

May 23, 2019 0

The federal agency that charters and regulates federal credit unions says it’s planning to offer more resources for credit unions to identify low-income areas they might serve, and information for those seeking to charter a new credit union, through its [...]