dec12 – Regulatory Report

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[ October 29, 2020 ] Federal financial regulators, separately but united, announce proposal codifying supervisory guidance CFPB
[ October 29, 2020 ] Fed supplemental data from 2019 shows faster decline in check payments, slower decline in value; more The Fed
[ October 29, 2020 ] Online lender Social Finance gets OCC’s preliminary, conditional approval for national bank charter OCC
[ October 29, 2020 ] Bureau issues final rule on its own records and information disclosure CFPB
[ October 28, 2020 ] FDIC information security ‘not effective,’ report finds; eight recommendations offered to address FDIC

Bill aims to choke off ‘Operation Choke Point,’ ordering agencies to justify account change requests

December 12, 2017 0

Legislation that would require federal banking agencies to provide banks or credit unions written justification of any request to terminate or restrict a customer’s account (except for national security) was passed by the House Monday. […]

Federal financial regulators, separately but united, announce proposal codifying supervisory guidance

October 29, 2020 0

A proposal outlining and confirming federal financial institution regulators’ use of supervisory guidance for regulated institutions was issued for a 60-day comment period, the regulators announced Thursday. In individual press releases, the federal banking agencies, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [...]
Fed supplemental data from 2019 shows faster decline in check payments, slower decline in value; more

October 29, 2020 0

Detailed noncash payments data from the 2019 Federal Reserve Payments Study (FRPS) shows that the number of check payments from 2015-2018 declined at a faster pace than reported last December but that the decline in their value was also less [...]
Online lender Social Finance gets OCC’s preliminary, conditional approval for national bank charter

October 29, 2020 0

Social Finance, Inc., this week obtained preliminary approval of its application to establish a full-service national bank – to be named SoFi Bank, National Association, and based in Utah – from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). [...]
Bureau issues final rule on its own records and information disclosure

October 29, 2020 0

The federal consumer financial protection agency on Thursday completed action initiated in 2016 by issuing a final rule on its own disclosure of records and information that is scheduled to take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal [...]