Legislation

Agencies withdraw 12-years-old guidance on leveraged lending; banks told to apply ‘general principles on risk management’

December 5, 2025 0

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 agencies said in joint [...]
OCC rescinds, replaces 2023 venture loan guidance for banks

December 5, 2025 0

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 to Companies in an Early, [...]
Decrease in reliance on checks for payments has Fed asking ‘should we phase out our services, or upgrade (at higher cost)?’

December 5, 2025 0

With check use steadily declining, check fraud rising, and digital payment methods growing in availability and use, the Federal Reserve wants the public to weigh in on the future of Reserve Banks’ check services, the agency said late Thursday. That [...]
Alleged forgery on approval documents leads to banker’s prohibition

December 5, 2025 0

Forged signatures on certain approval documents have led a former worker at a Columbus, Ga., bank to be prohibited from further service at financial institutions, the Federal Reserve said Friday. According to the Fed, Julio A. Gonzalez, a former universal [...]
Fed expects modest fees increase in 2026 for check clearing, ACH, instant payments

December 5, 2025 0

An estimated 0.9% average price increase for established, mature services such as check clearing, automated clearing house (ACH) transactions and instant payments (among others) will be in effect for 2026, the Federal Reserve said late Thursday. In a release announcing [...]
Credit unions see 3Q increases in net worth, ROAA; delinquencies higher

December 5, 2025 0

Credit unions posted increases across a wide variety of performance metrics in the third quarter, their federal regulator said Friday, compared to the same period one year earlier. Those included, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said, a net worth [...]
FSOC plans meeting with discussions on nonbank determinations – and more

December 5, 2025 0

An update on interpretive guidance on nonbank financial company determinations is among the items on the agenda for the multi-federal financial regulators’ meeting set for next week, the Treasury Department said Friday. The meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council [...]
Pair of former U.S. contractors charged with conspiring to delete databases with federal information

December 4, 2025 0

Conspiring to delete databases used to store U.S. government information are the charges faced by two Virginia men who had served as federal contractors, federal banking regulators and prosecutors said Wednesday. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) Office [...]