21nov05 – Regulatory Report

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[ November 19, 2025 ] White House offers OMB staffer, with focus on environment, to become consumer bureau director CFPB
[ November 19, 2025 ] Regulator takes control of small PA credit union, citing unsafe, unsound practices NCUA
[ November 18, 2025 ] Fed’s Barr warns of ‘real dangers’ from weakened bank supervision The Fed
[ November 18, 2025 ] New ‘sharpened’ focus for Fed examiners released, signifying ‘a significant shift’ from past practices The Fed
[ November 18, 2025 ] Bank may pay ‘gas fees’ on blockchain networks, agency confirms in letter OCC

CFPB opens 30-day public comment period on its big-tech data inquiry; input due Dec. 6

November 5, 2021 0

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) inquiry into the business practices of six large technology firms operating payments systems in the United States will be open for public comment until Dec. 6, according to a […]

Letter reminds credit unions that secondary capital issuances after Jan. 1 subject to new subordinated rule

November 5, 2021 0

Any issuances of secondary capital not completed by Jan. 1 will be subject to the requirements of the new subordinated debt rule, which becomes effective on that date, according to a letter sent Friday by […]

White House offers OMB staffer, with focus on environment, to become consumer bureau director

November 19, 2025 0

The next leader for the federal consumer financial protection agency would be a staff member of the White House budget office – who has focused on environmental issues — if the Senate confirms the nomination, which it received Tuesday. According [...]
Regulator takes control of small PA credit union, citing unsafe, unsound practices

November 19, 2025 0

A small Pennsylvania credit union was placed into conservatorship by its federal regulator late Tuesday, which cited “unsafe and unsound practices,” the agency said. Copper & Glass Federal Credit Union in Glassport, Pa. – which has 1,255 members and assets [...]
Fed’s Barr warns of ‘real dangers’ from weakened bank supervision

November 18, 2025 0

Growing pressures to weaken bank supervision – to scale back bank examiner coverage, dilute ratings systems, and redefine “unsafe and unsound” – present “real dangers” to the American people, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Michael Barr said Tuesday. Speaking in Washington [...]
New ‘sharpened’ focus for Fed examiners released, signifying ‘a significant shift’ from past practices

November 18, 2025 0

Examiners will focus on material financial risks threatening safety and soundness of the banks they review and on taking “timely, proportionate action” to ensure the risks are “properly addressed,” the Federal Reserve said Tuesday in releasing its revamped supervisory operating [...]
Bank may pay ‘gas fees’ on blockchain networks, agency confirms in letter

November 18, 2025 0

So-called “gas fees” – or network fees – may be paid on blockchain networks, the national bank regulator said Tuesday in an interpretive letter, to facilitate “otherwise permissible activities.” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said national [...]