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[ August 31, 2026 ] Order: Former IN credit union employee caused $350,000 loss NCUA
[ August 31, 2026 ] Comptroller sets schedules for 4th, 1st Quarter CRA exams; takes break in December OCC
[ August 28, 2026 ] ‘Unsafe, unsound practice’ redefined by bank agencies in interest of prioritizing material financial risks over policies FDIC
[ August 28, 2026 ] Former bank CFO who diverted loan proceeds among those targeted in FDIC prohibitions FDIC
[ August 28, 2026 ] FDIC revises consumer exam manual in response to new definition of ‘unsafe, unsound practices’ FDIC

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 […]

Order: Former IN credit union employee caused $350,000 loss

August 31, 2026 0

A former employee’s misconduct caused Centra Credit Union, Columbus, Ind., more than $350,000 in losses, according to an August consent prohibition announced Monday that bars her permanently from any future work in federally insured financial institutions. The National Credit Union [...]
Comptroller sets schedules for 4th, 1st Quarter CRA exams; takes break in December

August 31, 2026 0

Seventy-nine banks – many of them in Texas – will face exams for anti-redlining rules compliance in the fourth quarter of this year, and the first quarter of next year, the national bank regulator said Monday. In releasing its fourth [...]
Former bank CFO who diverted loan proceeds among those targeted in FDIC prohibitions

August 28, 2026 0

A former chief financial officer of Bank of the Valley, Bellwood, Neb., is prohibited from any future work in federally insured financial institutions under a consent order issued in July and announced Friday by the federal bank deposit insurer. The [...]
FDIC revises consumer exam manual in response to new definition of ‘unsafe, unsound practices’

August 28, 2026 0

Five chapters were revised – and a template removed –from the federal bank deposit insurance agency’s consumer compliance exam manual, the agency said Friday, in a response to a new rule on unsafe, unsound practices. On Thursday, the Federal Deposit [...]