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[ December 2, 2025 ] Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking CFPB
[ December 2, 2025 ] NCUA OIG report: 6 credit union failures cost NCUSIF $18.4 million; 2 due to fraud NCUA
[ December 1, 2025 ] Considering House report on crypto ‘debanking,’ agency vows to keep investigating big banks OCC
[ December 1, 2025 ] No changes for ‘26 assessment rates at OCC, continuing decrease made in fall OCC
[ December 1, 2025 ] Agencies, in effort to streamline call reports, look for sources of ‘reporting burden’ FDIC

$17 million fine assessed against former head of Well Fargo’s community bank for role in sales practices misconduct

March 15, 2023 0

A $17 million civil money penalty (CMP) was assessed Wednesday against the former head of Well Fargo Bank’s community bank for her alleged role in systemic sales practices misconduct, the regulator of national banks said. […]

Austin firm misrepresented ‘savings’ to consumers from auto-loan payment program; likely to pay 20% of $7.5 million in ordered redress plus $1 fine

November 3, 2020 0

A firm that misrepresented the impact of its fees on consumers who used its service to make their auto loan payments is expected to pay just $1.5 million of the $7.5 million in redress specified […]

Bureau’s consumer advisory group to meet on fair lending/debanking

December 2, 2025 0

The Dec. 10 afternoon meeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) will be preceded that morning with one addressing fair lending/debanking, according to a notice on the agency’s website. The CAB is scheduled to meet [...]
NCUA OIG report: 6 credit union failures cost NCUSIF $18.4 million; 2 due to fraud

December 2, 2025 0

Total losses to credit unions’ federal share insurance fund due to credit union failures amounted to about $18.4 million from April through September, according to a recent inspector general semiannual report supplied to Congress. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) [...]
No changes for ‘26 assessment rates at OCC, continuing decrease made in fall

December 1, 2025 0

No changes for assessment rates are on tap for 2026 by the national bank regulator, which will continue the reduced rate adopted in September, the agency said Monday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the new [...]
Agencies, in effort to streamline call reports, look for sources of ‘reporting burden’

December 1, 2025 0

Sources of regulatory reporting burden for banks that file call reports are being sought by the federal banking agencies, they said in joint communications Monday, in an effort aimed at streamlining the quarterly reports. “This request for information (RFI) offers [...]
8 banks ‘outstanding,’ 24 ‘satisfactory’ in OCC’s latest CRA ratings list

December 1, 2025 0

Eight banks deemed “outstanding” and 24 “satisfactory” for their performance under the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) make up the list of institutions whose ratings became public in November, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Monday. [...]