20aug14 – Regulatory Report

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[ November 13, 2025 ] CFPB proposes to reduce Reg B consumer protections; focus small-biz loan data collection on ‘truly small’ businesses CFPB
[ November 13, 2025 ] Agencies release CRA-required data on 2024 small business, farm, community development lending FDIC
[ November 13, 2025 ] Booklet on SCRA revised noting changes in risk-based supervision, removal of ‘reputation risk’ OCC
[ November 12, 2025 ] CFPB: DOJ office finds bureau may not legally draw funds ‘at this time’ CFPB
[ November 12, 2025 ] Concern over ‘policy uncertainty’ risks grows, with distress over ‘geopolitical’ risks rising sharply, Fed survey shows The Fed

UPDATED: NCUA info collection requests support PCA, low-income measures set amid COVID-19

August 14, 2020 0

Two information collections related to the federal credit union regulator’s implementation of some prompt corrective action (PCA) easing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its change in methodology for determining whether a credit union qualifies […]

FinCEN should develop guidance for anti-money laundering tool – and maybe even a regulation, GAO says

August 14, 2020 0

Guidance for oversight, outreach and evaluation should be developed by the Treasury’s financial crimes law enforcement arm for its geographic targeting orders (GTOs) to make the orders more effective and efficient, the congressional watchdog said […]

CFPB proposes to reduce Reg B consumer protections; focus small-biz loan data collection on ‘truly small’ businesses

November 13, 2025 0

Changes to its Regulation B implementing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), including removal of provisions recognizing “disparate impact” and a narrowing of its small-business loan data collection requirements, are proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with public [...]
Agencies release CRA-required data on 2024 small business, farm, community development lending

November 13, 2025 0

Data on small business, small farm, and community development lending during 2024 – required by rules implementing anti-redlining laws – was released Thursday by federal banking agencies. In joint releases, the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency [...]
Booklet on SCRA revised noting changes in risk-based supervision, removal of ‘reputation risk’

November 13, 2025 0

The risk-based supervision approach is now incorporated into a booklet used by the national bank regulator to assess compliance with statutes designed to provide protections to active-duty customers in the U.S. armed services, the agency said Thursday. The Office of [...]
CFPB: DOJ office finds bureau may not legally draw funds ‘at this time’

November 12, 2025 0

The consumer bureau charged with consumer financial protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) may not legally request funds “at this time” from the Federal Reserve, the bureau said in a release Tuesday, Veterans Day. [...]
Concern over ‘policy uncertainty’ risks grows, with distress over ‘geopolitical’ risks rising sharply, Fed survey shows

November 12, 2025 0

“Policy uncertainty” has risen as a “salient risk” to the financial system, at least in the eyes of those working in the financial services industry, according to results of a Federal Reserve survey released Nov. 7. The survey was part [...]
FDIC reduces consumer compliance exam, CRA eval frequency for most

November 7, 2025 0

A revised consumer compliance examination manual provides for less-frequent consumer compliance exams for most supervised banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) said in a Financial Institution Letter (FIL) Friday. The agency said its updated manual also establishes a new [...]