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[ January 6, 2026 ] CFPB ends silence; provides ‘tips, reminders’ for 2026 HMDA filings CFPB
[ January 6, 2026 ] Fed: Former bank branch manager who took $27k from customer accounts is barred The Fed
[ January 5, 2026 ] Nearly half of all banks – 15 – are ‘outstanding’ in latest CRA ratings from OCC OCC
[ January 2, 2026 ] Trio of former credit union workers banned; agency claims one caused $720,000 loss over decade NCUA
[ January 2, 2026 ] Dearth of banks earning ‘outstanding’ CRA ratings, while two banks score ‘needs improvement’ FDIC

Judge blocks firing of 90% of CFPB staff, at least for now, as she studies whether action violates previous order

April 18, 2025 0

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to fire approximately 1,500 staff – about 90% — at the federal consumer financial protection agency Friday, saying she was considering whether the action violated a previous […]

Federal court rules consumer bureau structure unconstitutional, setting up likely high court decision

June 21, 2018 0

Setting up a likely hearing at the Supreme Court of the U.S., a federal court in New York ruled Thursday that the structure of Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB) […]

CFPB ends silence; provides ‘tips, reminders’ for 2026 HMDA filings

January 6, 2026 0

Reminders and tips for 2026 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) filings were issued Tuesday by the federal consumer financial protection agency, which also noted some updates to file locations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) noted that an upgrade has [...]
Fed: Former bank branch manager who took $27k from customer accounts is barred

January 6, 2026 0

A former branch manager of Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala., who allegedly took money from customer accounts is barred from any future work in federally insured financial institutions under a consent order released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Board. The Fed, [...]
Nearly half of all banks – 15 – are ‘outstanding’ in latest CRA ratings from OCC

January 5, 2026 0

Fifteen banks – out of 33 total — were awarded “outstanding” ratings for their compliance with rules implementing anti-redlining laws for evaluations that became public in December, the national bank regulator said Monday. No banks evaluated for their compliance with [...]
Trio of former credit union workers banned; agency claims one caused $720,000 loss over decade

January 2, 2026 0

Three former credit union workers were banned from further work at financial institutions by the federal regulator Dec. 31, including one who allegedly caused a nearly three-quarters of a million dollars loss over a 10-year period, the agency said. According [...]
Dearth of banks earning ‘outstanding’ CRA ratings, while two banks score ‘needs improvement’

January 2, 2026 0

While no banks in October earned ratings of “outstanding” for their compliance with anti-redlining rules, two banks earned “needs improvement” in their scores posted Friday by the federal bank deposit insurance agency. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) released the [...]