23nov08 – 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

Citibank ordered to pay nearly $26 million for discriminating against Armenian-American credit card applicants

November 8, 2023 0

Fines and redress of nearly $26 million was assessed Wednesday against one of the largest banks in U.S. for discrimination of Armenian Americans, the federal consumer financial protection agency said. According to the Consumer Financial […]

New credit union near Louisville, Ky., will serve low-, mod-income communities

November 8, 2023 0

A new federal credit union (FCU) was chartered in Kentucky, its federal regulator said Wednesday, to serve low- and moderate-income communities in the central part of the state. It is the third FCU chartered in […]

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, [...]