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[ July 2, 2026 ] Kansas bank found ‘significantly undercapitalized,’ must seek acquisition, merger with another institution The Fed
[ July 2, 2026 ] Agency promotes from within for leader to oversee supervisory data, systems OCC
[ July 1, 2026 ] Noncash payments up 300% overall since year 2000, led by debit cards, Fed study finds The Fed
[ June 30, 2026 ] Alert takes aim at ‘fiscal fuel theft’ over schemes by Mexican transnational smuggling groups Other
[ June 30, 2026 ] Foreclosures inch up, trading revenue surges, in first quarter at national banks OCC

One alert offers ‘red flag’ examples of Iranian group’s efforts to launder money, another warns against human trafficking at World Cup

May 11, 2026 0

Assisting banks to identify and stop money laundering in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is the aim of an alert issued Monday by the Treasury’s top financial crimes unit. The same unit, […]

FinCEN publishes financial ‘red flag’ indicators to help FIs detect, report possible proceeds of foreign public corruption

April 14, 2022 0

An advisory issued Thursday by Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit urges financial institutions to focus their efforts on detecting and reporting proceeds of foreign corruption and provides a list of “red flag” indicators to aid […]

Kansas bank found ‘significantly undercapitalized,’ must seek acquisition, merger with another institution

July 2, 2026 0

A Lenexa, Kansas, bank is “significantly undercapitalized” and has adopted a prompt corrective action directive prepared by the Federal Reserve, the agency said Thursday. Small Business Bank of Lenexa adopted the prompt corrective action directive after being found undercapitalized by [...]
Agency promotes from within for leader to oversee supervisory data, systems

July 2, 2026 0

Supervisory data, systems, reports and analytics, in support of supervision objectives and the national bank regulator’s mission, will be the responsibility of Jamie Wilds, the agency announced Thursday. In a release, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) [...]
Noncash payments up 300% overall since year 2000, led by debit cards, Fed study finds

July 1, 2026 0

The number of noncash payments has more than tripled since 2000, with debit cards now accounting for most card payments, which were the leaders overall in the noncash transactions, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. In its initial findings from the [...]
Alert takes aim at ‘fiscal fuel theft’ over schemes by Mexican transnational smuggling groups

June 30, 2026 0

Fiscal fuel theft – otherwise known as fuel smuggling – is targeted in an alert issued Tuesday by Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit to combat Mexican tax evasion through smuggling of U.S. fuel, the agency said. The Treasury’s Financial Crimes [...]
Foreclosures inch up, trading revenue surges, in first quarter at national banks

June 30, 2026 0

Foreclosures were up for first-lien mortgages in the first quarter of the year – but down from the same point a year ago – and trading revenue was up from the previous quarter, the national bank regulator said Tuesday. In [...]
Agencies release neighborhood lists where bank activities may be eligible for CRA credit

June 30, 2026 0

The 2026 list of neighborhoods where certain bank activities are eligible for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) credit was released Tuesday by federal banking agencies, which includes distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. According to the agencies, the list covers the [...]