23feb21 – 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

Cattle-trading scam that acted as Ponzi scheme earns pair six year prison terms

February 21, 2023 0

A cattle-trading system that is described as a Ponzi scheme and that resulted in millions of dollars in losses to victims of the scam has resulted in six-year prison terms for the individuals who ran […]

Comptroller updates booklet on change in bank control

February 21, 2023 0

The “Change in Bank Control” booklet of the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual has been updated from the version last issued in 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Thursday. The revised booklet […]

Former CEO of First NBC Bank convicted of fraud leading to bank failure

February 21, 2023 0

Ashton J. Ryan Jr., the former top executive of the now-defunct First NBC Bank (New Orleans) was found guilty last week of fraud that contributed to the failure of the nearly $5-billion-in-assets bank in 2017, […]

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 [...]