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  • [ December 19, 2025 ] Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds The Fed
  • [ December 19, 2025 ] Fed wants comments on new payment account, ‘tailored’ to meet ‘limited needs’ of banks, credit unions The Fed
  • [ December 19, 2025 ] Banks’ Q3 trading revenue up 12.7% over year ago, OCC reports OCC
  • [ December 19, 2025 ] Agency releases latest version of CECL accounting tool for use by small credit unions NCUA
  • [ December 18, 2025 ] NCUA 2026 budget set at $316.2 million, down 20% from 2025 NCUA
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In ’23 annual review, FinCEN shows how money-laundering reports linked to 15% of crime investigations

June 7, 2024 0

More than 15% of active FBI investigations in fiscal year (FY) 2023 were linked to anti-money laundering tools such as currency transaction reports (CTRs) and suspicious activity reports (SARs), the Treasury Department’s financial crimes enforcement […]

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2023 suspicious activity reports on pace to exceed 2022 levels

July 31, 2023 0

Trend data from depository institutions’ suspicious activity report (SAR) filings to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that this year’s filings – more than 1 million through June – are on pace to exceed […]

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FinCEN reports steady rise in number, value of ransomware transactions reported via SARs

October 18, 2021 0

The number of ransomware incidents reported to Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit for the first half of 2021 exceeded those reported in all of 2020, according to a report released Friday under last year’s anti-money […]

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To combat rising online child sex exploitation, FinCEN issues new SAR filing instructions

September 16, 2021 0

Online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) crimes are on the rise, and the Treasury’s top enforcement unit is highlighting some financial trends related to the crimes, the agency said in a notice issued Thursday. Additionally, the […]

FDIC

FDIC gives green light to ILC final rule, proposing SAR exemptions, 12.9% increase for 2021 budget – and joint security breach notification proposal

December 15, 2020 0

A final rule to address parent companies of industrial loan companies and banks, a proposed rule to amend suspicious activity report (SAR) regulation at banks, and a 2021 agency operating budget of $2.28 billion were […]

FDIC

Chairman ‘impatient’ for transformation – but still no word on when innovation office will stand up

August 2, 2019 0

It is critical that federal regulators support technological change at the financial institutions that support their vital communities, and a new technology innovation office will help provide that support, the board chairman of the federal […]

CFPB

‘Hundreds of thousands’ of suspicious activity reports involve older customers, quadrupling in four years, bureau finds

February 27, 2019 0

Older customers who are increasingly becoming victims of exploitation at banks and other such firms are the subjects of “hundreds of thousands” of suspicious activity reports (SARs) being filed by the financial institutions, the federal […]

Today

  • Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds

    December 19, 2025 0
    Debit and general-use prepaid card transactions grew at a slower rate in the period 2021-23 than previous periods, the Federal Reserve said Friday, and interchange fees have been rising. In its biennial, statutorily mandated report on debit card transactions, summarizing [...]
  • Fed wants comments on new payment account, ‘tailored’ to meet ‘limited needs’ of banks, credit unions

    December 19, 2025 0
    A new “payment account” — tailored to meet the limited needs of eligible financial institutions seeking payments and settling services – is being considered by the Federal Reserve, and the agency said Friday it wants comments on the idea. In [...]
  • Banks’ Q3 trading revenue up 12.7% over year ago, OCC reports

    December 19, 2025 0
    U.S. commercial banks and savings associations had $18.4 billion in cumulative trading revenue in the third quarter of this year – $1.8 billion (10.9%) more than the previous quarter and $2.1 billion (12.7%) more than a year ago, the national [...]
  • Agency releases latest version of CECL accounting tool for use by small credit unions

    December 19, 2025 0
    The latest version of a tool for navigating current expect credit loss (CECL) accounting requirements for small, complex credit unions was released Thursday by the federal credit union regulator as part of a quarterly update. The tool is an option, [...]
  • NCUA 2026 budget set at $316.2 million, down 20% from 2025

    December 18, 2025 0
    The combined budgets of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in 2026 will total $316.15 million, about $2.36 million more than proposed but 20% below the agency’s 2025 budget, according to action apparently taken Wednesday and announced in Thursday’s open [...]
  • NCUSIF still expected to close 2025 at 1.3%

    December 18, 2025 0
    No change in the projected year-end equity ratio of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) is offered in the latest briefing on the fund, provided during Thursday’s open meeting of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board. The [...]
  • Expecting rule change at Fed, agencies say they will no longer issue annual notice warning of insider lending restrictions

    December 18, 2025 0
    Two federal banking agencies will no longer issue an annual letter to banks outlining their expectations for compliance with insider lending restrictions and related reporting requirements, an effort toward “greater certainty,” they said in a joint letter issued Thursday. Instead, [...]
  • Comptroller terminates six enforcement actions, including one against Citibank

    December 18, 2025 0
    A 2024 amendment to an earlier consent order against Citibank, N.A., was among six terminations of orders issued by the national bank regulator in December and released Thursday. The order terminations were the only enforcements reported by the Office of [...]
  • Agency decides to clear the books of bulletins, other issuances made over 40-year period

    December 18, 2025 0
    Fifty-five outdated or replaced bulletins and other issuances – including advisory letters, circulars, and more — were rescinded by the national bank regulator Thursday; the issuances were published over a 40-year period, the regulator said. In addition, the Office of [...]

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