23feb23 – Regulatory Report

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[ December 10, 2025 ] OCC says 9 biggest supervised banks engaged in ‘debanking’; more to come OCC
[ December 10, 2025 ] Credit union regulator launches ‘first round’ of changing, eliminating ‘overly burdensome’ regulations NCUA
[ December 10, 2025 ] FinCEN says virtual currency trading platform facilitated suspicious activity; imposes $3.5 million penalty Other
[ December 9, 2025 ] Comptroller jumps on board to oppose state enforcing usury laws on out of state bank, fintech lending OCC
[ December 9, 2025 ] OCC letter: Banks permitted to engage in ‘riskless’ principal crypto-asset transactions OCC

Prohibited title loans, some at 3x interest rate cap, earn $10 million fine for Ga. firm

February 23, 2023 0

Extending prohibited title loans to military families, and charging nearly three times over the 36% annual interest rate cap for some of those, has earned a Savannah, Ga., firm a $10 million penalty, and another […]

Statement raises red flags over ‘liquidity risks’ of deposits from crypto-related firms

February 23, 2023 0

The “potential heightened liquidity risks” presented by certain sources of funding from crypto-asset-related entities is highlighted in a joint statement issued Thursday by federal banking agencies. “When a banking organization’s deposit funding base is concentrated […]

OCC says 9 biggest supervised banks engaged in ‘debanking’; more to come

December 10, 2025 0

A five-page report (plus cover) providing “preliminary findings” of a supervisory review of purported “debanking” activities by the nine largest banks it supervises was released Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC’s review, still [...]
Credit union regulator launches ‘first round’ of changing, eliminating ‘overly burdensome’ regulations

December 10, 2025 0

Calling it the “first round” of proposed regulatory changes, the federal credit union regulator Wednesday released a laundry list of rules it said it intends to change or remove. According to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), it plans to [...]
FinCEN says virtual currency trading platform facilitated suspicious activity; imposes $3.5 million penalty

December 10, 2025 0

A convertible virtual currency, peer-to-peer trading platform was fined $3.5 million for allegedly facilitating more than $500 million in suspicious activity involving “a host of illicit actors,” Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm said. The fine against Paxful, Inc., and Paxful [...]
Comptroller jumps on board to oppose state enforcing usury laws on out of state bank, fintech lending

December 9, 2025 0

The courts, or Congress, should remedy the outcome of a legal case decided last month that out-of-state banks and fintech partners lending to someone in Colorado must comply with state interest rate caps, the national banking regulator said Tuesday as [...]
OCC letter: Banks permitted to engage in ‘riskless’ principal crypto-asset transactions

December 9, 2025 0

Banks may engage in “riskless” principal crypto-asset transactions with and on behalf of their customers, according to an interpretive letter released Tuesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The letter, from the agency’s senior deputy comptroller [...]
New credit union, third this year, will provide lending, saving to CA underserved area

December 8, 2025 0

A new credit union will soon be offering financial services – including mortgages and home equity loans — to its membership in the Bay Area of California, its federal regulator said Monday. The charter for Haven Federal Credit Union(FCU) – [...]
Three banks ‘outstanding,’ three others ‘need improvement,’ FDIC says in latest CRA report

December 8, 2025 0

Three banks earned ratings of “outstanding” for their compliance with anti-redlining rules in results of examinations in September, the federal bank deposit insurance agency said Friday. However, three other banks earned ratings of “needs improvement” and the remaining 52 banks [...]