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[ November 19, 2025 ] White House offers OMB staffer, with focus on environment, to become consumer bureau director CFPB
[ November 19, 2025 ] Regulator takes control of small PA credit union, citing unsafe, unsound practices NCUA
[ November 18, 2025 ] Fed’s Barr warns of ‘real dangers’ from weakened bank supervision The Fed
[ November 18, 2025 ] New ‘sharpened’ focus for Fed examiners released, signifying ‘a significant shift’ from past practices The Fed
[ November 18, 2025 ] Bank may pay ‘gas fees’ on blockchain networks, agency confirms in letter OCC

Higher prices continued to bedevil households in 2023, pretty much like in 2022, Fed report contends

May 21, 2024 0

Higher prices remained a challenge for most households in 2023, like what they faced in 2022, but workers continued to benefit from a strong labor market, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Federal […]

One in four were worse off by end of 2020, Fed survey finds – larger share than in previous years

May 17, 2021 0

While most Americans believed they were doing “OK” financially at the end of last year (about 75%), nearly one in four said they were worse off compared to a year earlier as a result of […]

White House offers OMB staffer, with focus on environment, to become consumer bureau director

November 19, 2025 0

The next leader for the federal consumer financial protection agency would be a staff member of the White House budget office – who has focused on environmental issues — if the Senate confirms the nomination, which it received Tuesday. According [...]
Regulator takes control of small PA credit union, citing unsafe, unsound practices

November 19, 2025 0

A small Pennsylvania credit union was placed into conservatorship by its federal regulator late Tuesday, which cited “unsafe and unsound practices,” the agency said. Copper & Glass Federal Credit Union in Glassport, Pa. – which has 1,255 members and assets [...]
Fed’s Barr warns of ‘real dangers’ from weakened bank supervision

November 18, 2025 0

Growing pressures to weaken bank supervision – to scale back bank examiner coverage, dilute ratings systems, and redefine “unsafe and unsound” – present “real dangers” to the American people, Federal Reserve Board Gov. Michael Barr said Tuesday. Speaking in Washington [...]
New ‘sharpened’ focus for Fed examiners released, signifying ‘a significant shift’ from past practices

November 18, 2025 0

Examiners will focus on material financial risks threatening safety and soundness of the banks they review and on taking “timely, proportionate action” to ensure the risks are “properly addressed,” the Federal Reserve said Tuesday in releasing its revamped supervisory operating [...]
Bank may pay ‘gas fees’ on blockchain networks, agency confirms in letter

November 18, 2025 0

So-called “gas fees” – or network fees – may be paid on blockchain networks, the national bank regulator said Tuesday in an interpretive letter, to facilitate “otherwise permissible activities.” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said national [...]