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[ December 12, 2025 ] Briefings (but no action) slated Dec. 18 on 2026-27 NCUA budget, share insurance fund NCUA
[ December 12, 2025 ] Stablecoin issuance plays central role in approvals of new, converted national banks OCC
[ December 12, 2025 ] Nearly all presidents, first VPs of Federal Reserve Banks reappointed for five-year terms The Fed
[ December 12, 2025 ] Proposal on FDIC Board meeting agenda would set requirements for issuing stablecoins FDIC
[ December 11, 2025 ] Exam Council provides MSA, MD reports through Census Online database Other

Bureau advisory opinion explains how digital mortgage comparison-shopping platforms might violate RESPA kickback prohibitions

February 7, 2023 0

Digital mortgage comparison-shopping platforms that give preferred placement or otherwise steer consumers to lenders based on the lenders’ compensation to the platforms are violating section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the […]

Briefings (but no action) slated Dec. 18 on 2026-27 NCUA budget, share insurance fund

December 12, 2025 0

With no mention of board “action,” the agenda for next week’s open meeting of the currently one-member National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board lists only two briefings: one on the quarterly share insurance fund report and the other on the [...]
Stablecoin issuance plays central role in approvals of new, converted national banks

December 12, 2025 0

Stablecoins and their issuance received a big boost Friday when five new national banks – two de novo charters and three conversions from state charters – were conditionally approved by the national bank regulator, all five of them planning to [...]
Nearly all presidents, first VPs of Federal Reserve Banks reappointed for five-year terms

December 12, 2025 0

With only two exceptions, all current 12 Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice president were reappointed, the Fed Board announced late Thursday. In a released, the Fed said it voted unanimously is reappoint the bank leaders, following a comprehensive [...]
Proposal on FDIC Board meeting agenda would set requirements for issuing stablecoins

December 12, 2025 0

Approval requirements for issuing payment stablecoins by banks and their subsidiaries will be a proposal considered Dec. 16 by the board of the federal bank deposit insurance agency, it said Friday. The agenda for the meeting of the Federal Deposit [...]
Exam Council provides MSA, MD reports through Census Online database

December 11, 2025 0

Reports for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that contain multiple Metropolitan Divisions (MDs) can now be produced by the “Census Online” database maintained by the umbrella group for federal financial regulators, the agency said Thursday. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council [...]