Legislation

OCC names former federal prosecutor as deputy chief counsel; will advise on legal, policy, administration

December 3, 2025 0

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 agency, it said Wednesday. The [...]
Misuse of confidential debit card information leads to Ohio banker’s prohibition

December 3, 2025 0

A former Ohio banker has consented to her prohibition from serving in a financial institution in the future after allegedly obtaining confidential customer information, including debit card information, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. The Fed said Tahjanae Richardson, a former [...]
Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking

December 2, 2025 0

The Dec. 10 afternoon meeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) will be preceded that morning with one addressing fair lending/debanking, according to a notice on the agency’s website. The CAB is scheduled to meet [...]
NCUA OIG report: 6 credit union failures cost NCUSIF $18.4 million; 2 due to fraud

December 2, 2025 0

Total losses to credit unions’ federal share insurance fund due to credit union failures amounted to about $18.4 million from April through September, according to a recent inspector general semiannual report supplied to Congress. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) [...]
No changes for ‘26 assessment rates at OCC, continuing decrease made in fall

December 1, 2025 0

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 Currency (OCC) said the new [...]
Agencies, in effort to streamline call reports, look for sources of ‘reporting burden’

December 1, 2025 0

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 request for information (RFI) offers [...]
8 banks ‘outstanding,’ 24 ‘satisfactory’ in OCC’s latest CRA ratings list

December 1, 2025 0

Eight banks deemed “outstanding” and 24 “satisfactory” for their performance under the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) make up the list of institutions whose ratings became public in November, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Monday. [...]