23feb21 – Regulatory Report

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[ December 22, 2025 ] 3 CFPB records systems under revision to allow Treasury payments screening access CFPB
[ December 22, 2025 ] Treasury, FinCEN target scores of MSBs along southern border for alleged money laundering activity Federal financial regulation
[ December 19, 2025 ] Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds The Fed
[ December 19, 2025 ] Fed wants comments on new payment account, ‘tailored’ to meet ‘limited needs’ of banks, credit unions The Fed
[ December 19, 2025 ] Banks’ Q3 trading revenue up 12.7% over year ago, OCC reports 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, […]

3 CFPB records systems under revision to allow Treasury payments screening access

December 22, 2025 0

Three notices of records system modifications by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would implement a March White House executive order that gives Treasury screening authority over payments by federal agencies. The notices, published Monday in the Federal Register and [...]
Treasury, FinCEN target scores of MSBs along southern border for alleged money laundering activity

December 22, 2025 0

Money services businesses (MSBs) operating along the southwest border of the country are the target of a new effort by the Treasury and its financial crimes enforcement unit to unearth alleged money laundering activity, the agencies said Monday. The Treasury [...]
Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds

December 19, 2025 0

Debit and general-use prepaid card transactions grew at a slower rate in the period 2021-23 than previous periods, the Federal Reserve said Friday, and interchange fees have been rising. In its biennial, statutorily mandated report on debit card transactions, summarizing [...]
Fed wants comments on new payment account, ‘tailored’ to meet ‘limited needs’ of banks, credit unions

December 19, 2025 0

A new “payment account” — tailored to meet the limited needs of eligible financial institutions seeking payments and settling services – is being considered by the Federal Reserve, and the agency said Friday it wants comments on the idea. In [...]
Banks’ Q3 trading revenue up 12.7% over year ago, OCC reports

December 19, 2025 0

U.S. commercial banks and savings associations had $18.4 billion in cumulative trading revenue in the third quarter of this year – $1.8 billion (10.9%) more than the previous quarter and $2.1 billion (12.7%) more than a year ago, the national [...]
Agency releases latest version of CECL accounting tool for use by small credit unions

December 19, 2025 0

The latest version of a tool for navigating current expect credit loss (CECL) accounting requirements for small, complex credit unions was released Thursday by the federal credit union regulator as part of a quarterly update. The tool is an option, [...]