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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
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NCUA

Legal opinion: Federal credit union can serve those who share core belief, practices with its membership group

March 22, 2018 0

A federal credit union chartered to serve Anabaptists and Mennonites is also permitted under the Federal Credit Union (FCU) Act to serve “individuals who share a core doctrinal belief and set of practices with those […]

Other

Workman confirmed to 6-year term with financial stability council

March 22, 2018 0

Thomas E. Workman was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to a six-year term as a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). He serves as the council’s independent representative having insurance expertise and is […]

FDIC

FDIC Board also approved new appraisal threshold as part of ‘summary agenda’ at March 20 meeting

March 22, 2018 0

A final rule to increase the threshold level at or below which appraisals are not required for commercial real estate transactions from $250,000 to $500,000 was approved by the board of the federal deposit insurance […]

Other

GAO recommends improvements for ‘interagency coordination’ in regulating fintech

March 22, 2018 0

Numerous recommendations related to improving interagency coordination on fintech – including addressing competing concerns on financial account aggregation, and evaluating whether it would be feasible and beneficial to adopt regulatory approaches similar to those undertaken […]

NCUA

IG cites weaknesses in credit union regulator’s records management program

March 22, 2018 0

The National Credit Union Administration’s Office of Inspector General issued two reports in mid-March on 1) the agency’s records management program and 2) its charge card programs. The records management audit showed no comprehensive program […]

The Fed

Fed bars, fines former Texas bank employee for ‘misappropriating’ customer’s safe deposit box contents

March 22, 2018 0

A former employee of Frost Bank in San Antonio would be permanently barred from working in a federally insured financial institution under a notice filed by the Federal Reserve Thursday for misappropriating money from a […]

FDIC

Regulators: ‘Supervisory burden reduction’ focus will be on 4 areas going forward

March 22, 2018 0

Four areas that have potential to provide “the most meaningful supervisory burden reduction” will be the focus of the federal financial institution regulators as they pursue continued examination modernization, the federal umbrella group for the […]

CFPB

RFI #9 from consumer protection agency looks at ‘inherited rules’ and rulemaking authorities

March 22, 2018 0

Inherited regulations and rulemaking authorities are topics for the ninth “request for information,” issued Thursday, by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the agency’s efforts to uncover “evidence” that it is doing the job […]

Today

  • 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 [...]

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