23nov08 – Regulatory Report

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[ February 27, 2026 ] New bank for investment firm Edward Jones wins federal insurance for Utah industrial charter FDIC
[ February 27, 2026 ] OCC: Final rule clarifies national trust banks may engage in non-fiduciary activities OCC
[ February 27, 2026 ] Former tellers prohibited following scheme to launder illicit drug proceeds through bank’s vault FDIC
[ February 26, 2026 ] OCC issues GENIUS proposal of its own, catching up with other regulators OCC
[ February 25, 2026 ] FinCEN solicits nominations to BSA advisory panel Other

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 […]

New bank for investment firm Edward Jones wins federal insurance for Utah industrial charter

February 27, 2026 0

An investment firm with more than $2.2 trillion in assets under management has been awarded deposit insurance for a new industrial bank it has chartered in Salt Lake City, the federal bank deposit insurance agency said Friday. According to the [...]
OCC: Final rule clarifies national trust banks may engage in non-fiduciary activities

February 27, 2026 0

A final rule that aligns regulatory language with related language in underlying statute clarifies that national trust banks may engage in non-fiduciary activities, the national bank regulator announced in a bulletin Friday. The final rule, effective April 1, was issued [...]
Former tellers prohibited following scheme to launder illicit drug proceeds through bank’s vault

February 27, 2026 0

Two Indiana bankers – who both worked for the same bank in Covington, Ind.– were prohibited from further work in a financial institution after pleading guilty to laundering more than $1.6 million of illicit drug sales proceeds, the federal bank [...]
OCC issues GENIUS proposal of its own, catching up with other regulators

February 26, 2026 0

Months after another federal banking regulator – and the federal credit union regulator — issued a proposal to implement new laws allowing banks to issue stablecoins through subsidiaries, the national bank regulator has now done the same, it said late [...]
FinCEN solicits nominations to BSA advisory panel

February 25, 2026 0

Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm is seeking nominations of eligible organizations – including smaller financial institutions subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and entities that can share insights on BSA framework modernization and implementation of the GENIUS Act – [...]