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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
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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

  • 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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