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[ July 30, 2026 ] Revised compliance guide lowers leverage ratio for community banks to 8% from 9% FDIC
[ July 27, 2026 ] FinCEN seeks financial institutions’ aid in rooting out student-loan fraud Other
[ July 24, 2026 ] FDIC updates consumer compliance exam manual FDIC
[ July 17, 2026 ] UPDATED: Proposal reveals weekly, quarterly reporting forms for banks becoming permitted payment stablecoin issuers FDIC
[ July 17, 2026 ] OCC updates examiner booklet on allowances for credit losses OCC

CFPB ‘no action letter’ templates issued for mortgage loss mitigation, small-dollar loan programs

May 22, 2020 0

Two templates that providers can use to seek “no action letters” (NALs) for use of a specific online mortgage loss mitigation application platform and for their small-dollar credit products were released Friday by the Consumer […]

Revised compliance guide lowers leverage ratio for community banks to 8% from 9%

July 30, 2026 0

An 8% leverage ratio requirement for community banks – down from 9% — is the key component of an updated compliance guide for the ratio’s framework, released Thursday by federal banking regulators. The lowered requirement for the community bank leverage [...]
FinCEN seeks financial institutions’ aid in rooting out student-loan fraud

July 27, 2026 0

Financial institutions are encouraged to report suspicious account activity that could point to fraud targeting federal student aid programs, according to an alert from Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit. Friday, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert on [...]
FDIC updates consumer compliance exam manual

July 24, 2026 0

Updates to violation codes, Truth in Lending Act (TILA) thresholds, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) loan-volume thresholds and more are reflected in the July iteration of the federal bank deposit insurer’s Consumer Compliance Examination Manual (CEM). The Federal Deposit Insurance [...]