Upcoming Events
Comment Period: FDIC Proposes Rule to Amend the Minimum Threshold for Stress Testing
February 19, 2019
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is requesting comment on a proposed rule (proposed rule or NPR) that would revise the FDIC's requirements for stress testing by FDIC-supervised institutions, consistent with changes made by Section 401 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). Read more here.
Comment Period: Regular Rate Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
May 28, 2019
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) generally requires that covered, nonexempt employees receive overtime pay of at least one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for time worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek. The regular rate includes all remuneration for employment, subject to the exclusions outlined in section 7(e)…
Effective Date: Implementation and Transition of the Current Expected Credit Losses Methodology
April 01, 2019
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are adopting a final rule to address changes to credit loss accounting under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, including banking organizations' implementation of the current expected credit losses methodology…
Effective Date: Private Flood Insurance Final Rule
July 01, 2019
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) are amending their regulations regarding loans in areas having special flood hazards to implement the private flood insurance…
Effective Date: Disclosure of Financial and Other Information by FDIC-Insured State Nonmember Banks
April 17, 2019
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is amending its regulations by rescinding and removing its regulations entitled Disclosure of Financial and Other Information By FDIC-Insured State Nonmember Banks. Upon the removal of the regulations, all insured state nonmember banks and insured state-licensed branches of foreign banks (collectively, “banks”) would no longer be subject to the annual disclosure…
Comment Period: Capital Simplification for Qualifying Community Banking Organizations
April 09, 2019
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are inviting public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (proposal) that would provide for a simple measure of capital adequacy for certain community banking organizations, consistent with section…
Comment Period: Amendments to the Stress Testing Rules for National Banks and Federal Savings Associations
March 14, 2019
The OCC is requesting comment on a proposed rule that would amend the OCC's company-run stress testing requirements for national banks and Federal savings associations, consistent with section 401 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA). Specifically, the proposed rule would revise the minimum threshold for national banks and Federal savings…
Comment Period: Thresholds Increase for the Major Assets Prohibition of the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act Rules
April 01, 2019
The OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are inviting comment on a proposed rule that would increase the major assets prohibition thresholds for management interlocks in the agencies’ rules implementing the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act (DIMIA). Read more here.
Comment Period: Proposed Revisions to Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests In, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
April 09, 2019
The OCC, Board, FDIC, SEC, and CFTC (individually, an Agency, and collectively, the Agencies) are inviting comment on a proposal to amend the regulations implementing the Bank Holding Company Act's (BHC Act) prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds in a manner consistent…
Comment Period: Request for Information Regarding Consumer Credit Card Market
May 01, 2019
The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act or Act) requires the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) to conduct a review (Review) of the consumer credit card market, within the limits of its existing resources available for reporting purposes. In connection with conducting that Review, and in accordance with the…
Comment Period: FDIC Proposes Rule to Revise the Deposit Insurance Assessment System to Apply the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) Framework
April 22, 2019
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) invites public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR or proposal) that would amend its deposit insurance assessment regulations to apply the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework to the deposit insurance assessment system. Read more here.
Comment Period: Delay of Compliance Date for Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule
March 18, 2019
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is proposing to delay the August 19, 2019 compliance date for the mandatory underwriting provisions of the regulation promulgated by the Bureau in November 2017 governing Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans (2017 Final Rule or Rule) by 15 months to November 19, 2020. This proposal…
Comment Period: CFPB Requests Information Regarding PACE Financing
May 07, 2019
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit information relating to residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. Read more here.
Comment Period: Regulation D Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions
May 13, 2019
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is requesting comment on whether it should propose amendments to its Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, to lower the rate of interest paid on excess balances (“IOER”) maintained at Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) by eligible institutions that hold a very large proportion…
Comment Period: Agencies Propose Rule to Reduce Impact of Large Bank Failures
June 07, 2019
The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are inviting public comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (proposal) that would address an advanced approaches banking organization's regulatory capital treatment of an investment in unsecured debt instruments issued by foreign or U.S. global systemically important banking organizations (GSIBs) for the purposes of meeting minimum total…
Comment Period: Joint Ownership Deposit Accounts
May 06, 2019
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking comment on a proposed rule that would amend the regulation governing one of the requirements for an account to be separately insured as a joint account. Specifically, the proposed rule would provide an alternative method to satisfy the “signature card” requirement. Under the proposal, the “signature card”…
Comment Period: Payday, Vehicle Title & Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Proposed Rescinding
May 15, 2019
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is proposing to rescind certain provisions of the regulation promulgated by the Bureau in November 2017 governing Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans (2017 Final Rule or Rule). The provisions of the Rule which the Bureau proposes to rescind provide that it is an unfair and…
Effective Date: Expanded Examination Cycle
January 28, 2019
On August 29, 2018, the OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) issued interim final rules that were effective immediately to implement section 210 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Economic Growth Act), which was enacted on May 24, 2018. The agencies are now adopting the interim final rules as final…
Comment Period: Real Estate Appraisals
February 05, 2019
The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are inviting comment on a proposed rule to amend the agencies' regulations requiring appraisals for certain real estate-related transactions. The proposed rule would increase the threshold level at or below which appraisals would not be required for residential real estate-related transactions from $250,000 to $400,000. Read more…
Comment Period: Request for Information on Small-Dollar Lending
January 22, 2019
The FDIC is seeking comments and information from interested parties on small-dollar lending, including steps that can be taken to encourage FDIC-supervised financial institutions (banks) to offer small-dollar credit products that are responsive to customers' needs and that are underwritten and structured prudently and responsibly. Read more here.
Effective Date: Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Exemption Threshold
January 01, 2019
Based on the CPI-W in effect as of June 1, 2018, the exemption threshold will increase from $26,000 to $26,700, effective January 1, 2019. Read more here.
Effective Date: Consumer Leasing (Regulation M)
January 01, 2019
Based on the annual percentage increase in the CPI-W as of June 1, 2018, the exemption threshold will increase from $55,800 to $57,200 effective January 1, 2019. Read more here.
Effective Date: EGRRCPA, SEC. 106. ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO JOBS FOR LOAN ORIGINATORS
November 24, 2019
“(d) Effective Date.—This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.” Read more here.
Effective Date: EGRRCPA, SEC. 302. PROTECTING VETERANS’ CREDIT
May 24, 2019
“(e) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.” Read more here.
Mandatory compliance date pending court stay: Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans
August 19, 2019
1.2.2 Effective date and compliance date of the Payday Lending Rule The Payday Lending Rule became effective on January 16, 2018. However,the Rule’s compliance date for the payment-related requirements is August 19, 2019.5 Thus, by its terms, the Rule does not require lenders to comply with the Rule’s payment-relatedrequirementsuntil August 19, 2019. See 12 CFR…