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[ May 8, 2025 ] OCC restores previous merger act rules; comments due in 30 days OCC
[ May 7, 2025 ] Regulator opens door to banks buying, selling crypto assets held in custody – the latest in rolling back crypto hurdles OCC
[ May 6, 2025 ] ‘Buy now, pay later’ rule not a priority for enforcement, CFPB says; rescission to be considered CFPB
[ May 5, 2025 ] OCC’s RFI asks about obstacles to community banks going digital OCC
[ May 5, 2025 ] FDIC ratings under CRA show 3 banks ‘outstanding’ and 2 ‘needs to improve’ FDIC

Goldman Sachs fined $154 million by Fed over failures that allowed scheme against 1MDB to proceed

October 22, 2020 0

Failures in oversight, internal controls, and risk management that prevented Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., from detecting a “far-reaching” fraud scheme among its own employees and others against its client 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) drew a […]

Two former Goldman Sachs execs banned permanently from banking for alleged scheme to divert billions

March 12, 2019 0

Two former senior employees of a Wall Street giant were prohibited permanently from participating in the affairs of a bank Tuesday after participating in an alleged scheme to divert billions from a Malaysian sovereign wealth […]

OCC restores previous merger act rules; comments due in 30 days

May 8, 2025 0

The national bank regulator is restoring its pre-2024 business combinations rule under the Bank Merger Act (BMA), undoing the rule adopted last September and also rescinding its related policy statement. The changes by the Office of the Comptroller of the [...]
Regulator opens door to banks buying, selling crypto assets held in custody – the latest in rolling back crypto hurdles

May 7, 2025 0

National banks and federal savings associations may buy and sell crypto assets held in custody, the national bank regulator confirmed Wednesday in an interpretive letter. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the banks may transact the [...]
‘Buy now, pay later’ rule not a priority for enforcement, CFPB says; rescission to be considered

May 6, 2025 0

Enforcement of last year’s interpretive rule on “buy now, pay later” loans will not be prioritized and could be rescinded in the future, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the bureau said Tuesday. As with other rules the bureau has [...]
OCC’s RFI asks about obstacles to community banks going digital

May 5, 2025 0

Questions about the key challenges and barriers faced by community banks in adopting and implementing digital banking solutions are posed in a request for information (RFI) announced Monday by the national banking regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the [...]
FDIC ratings under CRA show 3 banks ‘outstanding’ and 2 ‘needs to improve’

May 5, 2025 0

Of the 64 banks assigned ratings under the federal anti-redlining statute this February, three were rated “outstanding” and 2 were rated “needs to improve,” the federal bank deposit insurer said Monday. The remaining 57 banks were deemed “satisfactory” under the [...]
Enforcement of ECOA small-business loan data collection deprioritized at CFPB

May 1, 2025 0

Add the agency’s Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) small-business loan data collection rule to those the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) won’t be going out of its way to enforce. The bureau said Wednesday that in light of a stay [...]
Nearly half of 25 banks evaluated in April by OCC earn ‘outstanding’ CRA ratings

May 1, 2025 0

About half of banks – out of 25 total – earned “outstanding” ratings for their compliance with anti-redlining regulations during April, the regulator of national banks said Thursday. In its latest monthly release of ratings for compliance with Community Reinvestment [...]
Texas commissioner re-elected as chair of state liaison committee to Exam Council

May 1, 2025 0

The Texas commissioner of banking will serve as the chair of the state regulator liaison committee for another year to the umbrella group of federal financial institution regulators, the agency announced Thursday. Charles G. Cooper, commissioner of the Texas Department [...]