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[ December 9, 2025 ] Comptroller jumps on board to oppose state enforcing usury laws on out of state bank, fintech lending OCC
[ December 9, 2025 ] OCC letter: Banks permitted to engage in ‘riskless’ principal crypto-asset transactions OCC
[ December 8, 2025 ] New credit union, third this year, will provide lending, saving to CA underserved area FDIC
[ December 8, 2025 ] Three banks ‘outstanding,’ three others ‘need improvement,’ FDIC says in latest CRA report FDIC
[ December 5, 2025 ] Agencies withdraw 12-years-old guidance on leveraged lending; banks told to apply ‘general principles on risk management’ FDIC

Bank faces penalty, order to increase credit access in alleged redlining activity in Memphis area

October 22, 2021 0

Alleging redlining, three federal agencies took action against a Jackson, Miss., bank – with operations in Memphis, Tenn. – and announced Friday a settlement requiring the financial institution to pay a $5 million penalty and […]

Citibank assessed $25 million CMP over Fair Housing Act violations; will reimburse $24 million to customers

March 19, 2019 0

A civil money penalty (CMP) of $25 million for violating anti-discriminatory requirements of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) was assessed against Citibank, N.A., (Sioux Falls, S.D.) under a consent order executed Tuesday between the bank […]

Comptroller jumps on board to oppose state enforcing usury laws on out of state bank, fintech lending

December 9, 2025 0

The courts, or Congress, should remedy the outcome of a legal case decided last month that out-of-state banks and fintech partners lending to someone in Colorado must comply with state interest rate caps, the national banking regulator said Tuesday as [...]
OCC letter: Banks permitted to engage in ‘riskless’ principal crypto-asset transactions

December 9, 2025 0

Banks may engage in “riskless” principal crypto-asset transactions with and on behalf of their customers, according to an interpretive letter released Tuesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The letter, from the agency’s senior deputy comptroller [...]
New credit union, third this year, will provide lending, saving to CA underserved area

December 8, 2025 0

A new credit union will soon be offering financial services – including mortgages and home equity loans — to its membership in the Bay Area of California, its federal regulator said Monday. The charter for Haven Federal Credit Union(FCU) – [...]
Three banks ‘outstanding,’ three others ‘need improvement,’ FDIC says in latest CRA report

December 8, 2025 0

Three banks earned ratings of “outstanding” for their compliance with anti-redlining rules in results of examinations in September, the federal bank deposit insurance agency said Friday. However, three other banks earned ratings of “needs improvement” and the remaining 52 banks [...]