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[ March 23, 2026 ] Smaller, non-complex credit unions offered latest quarterly version of simplified CECL tool NCUA
[ March 20, 2026 ] Fed bars former bank employee over taking customer funds, more; another for faking active duty for leave pay The Fed
[ March 19, 2026 ] Agencies release three proposals that will result in lower capital for nation’s banks, claiming ‘framework will be improved’ FDIC
[ March 19, 2026 ] Registration open for OCC workshops for community bank directors, senior management OCC
[ March 18, 2026 ] Banker earns prohibition after alleged absconding with customer’s money, depositing funds into her own account OCC

CFPB, 7 state AGs sue firm that allegedly collected more than $100 million from consumers in illegal, up-front fees for debt relief services

January 19, 2024 0

A firm called Strategic Financial Solutions (SFS), its shell companies and two key architects of a scheme that amassed the firms allegedly more than $100 million in illegal advance fees from consumers are being sued […]

CFPB seeks $5.4 million in consumer redress, $1 fine from MA debt settlement firm

May 17, 2021 0

A debt collection firm in Massachusetts would be required to pay $5.4 million in consumer redress and a $1 civil money penalty under a settlement proposed Monday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The […]

Smaller, non-complex credit unions offered latest quarterly version of simplified CECL tool

March 23, 2026 0

The latest life-of-loan—or Weighted Average Remaining Maturity—factors are included in the March 2026 update of the simplified tool the federal regulator provides to smaller credit unions for estimating the allowance for credit losses on loans and leases, the agency said [...]
Fed bars former bank employee over taking customer funds, more; another for faking active duty for leave pay

March 20, 2026 0

A former relationship banker at Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala., is barred from any future service in federally insured financial institutions under a March consent order finding that she withdrew $323,500 from a bank customer’s account for her own benefit. The [...]