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FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Second and Third Quarter 2020
February 28, 2020 / Source: FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the lists of institutions scheduled for a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination during the second and third quarter 2020.
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FDIC Makes Public January 2020 Enforcement Actions
February 28, 2020 / Source: FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in January. There are no administrative hearings scheduled for March 2020.
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OCC Issues Second and Third Quarter 2020 CRA Evaluation Schedule
February 28, 2020 / Source: OCC
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations to be conducted in the second quarter and third quarter 2020.
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CFPB Publishes TRID FAQ’s on Treatment of Lender Credits
February 27, 2020 / Source: Ballard Spahr LLP
The CFPB recently published ten new TRID FAQs related to lender credits.
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OCC Hosts Risk Governance and Credit Workshops in West Virginia
February 27, 2020 / Source: OCC
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will host two workshops at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Charleston, West Virginia, April 14 and 15, for directors of national community banks and federal savings associations supervised by the OCC.
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Thune, Baldwin Urge Financial Regulators to Ensure the Agriculture Industry has Adequate Access to Capital
February 26, 2020 / Source: John Thune, U.S. Senator
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today urged financial regulators from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration to provide appropriate regulatory flexibility to community financial institutions around the country that work with farm clients.
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FHFA Issues RFI on FHLBank Membership
February 26, 2020 / Source: FHFA
Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a Request for Input (RFI) on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) membership.
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FDIC-Insured Institutions Reported Net Income of $55.2 Billion in Fourth Quarter 2019
February 25, 2020 / Source: FDIC
For the 5,177 commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), aggregate net income totaled $55.2 billion in fourth quarter 2019, a decline of $4.1 billion (6.9 percent) from a year ago.
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FDiTech Releases New Guide to Help ‘FinTechs’ Connect with Banks
February 25, 2020 / Source: FDIC
FDIC seeks to promote innovation in banking to meet growing consumer demand.
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Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations into Sales Practices Involving the Opening of Millions of Accounts without Customer Authorization
February 24, 2020 / Source: FDIC OIG
Wells Fargo & Company and its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., have agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve their potential criminal and civil liability stemming from a practice between 2002 and 2016 of pressuring employees to meet unrealistic sales goals that led thousands of employees to provide millions of accounts or products to customers under false pretenses or without consent, often by creating false records or misusing customers’ identities, the Department of Justice announced today.
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FDIC Recognizes Four Institutions for Expanding Financial Literacy
February 24, 2020 / Source: FDIC
As America Saves Week approaches, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today is recognizing four institutions for their work to expand financial education and support healthy banking relationships.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures
February 21, 2020 / Source: CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Supplemental NPRM) regarding the collection of time-barred debt.
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Federal Banking Agencies Host the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference
February 21, 2020 / Source: OCC
The 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference takes place in Denver from March 9 to 12. The conference is hosted by the three federal banking agencies, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, Kansas City, and Chicago.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, South Carolina, and Arkansas File Suit Against Brokers of High-Interest Credit Offers
February 20, 2020 / Source: CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (South Carolina), and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the District of South Carolina against Candy Kern-Fuller, Howard Sutter III, and Upstate Law Group LLC.
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News Release 2020-20 : OCC Enforcement Actions and Terminations
February 20, 2020 / Source: OCC
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released new enforcement actions taken against national banks, federal savings associations, and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with national banks and federal savings associations.
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FDIC Seeks Information on How to Modernize Signage and Advertising Requirements
February 20, 2020 / Source: FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced that it is seeking the public's input on potential modernization of its signage and advertising requirements to better reflect how banks and savings associations currently operate and how consumers use banking services.
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FDIC and OCC Announce 30-day Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Community Reinvestment Act Rules
February 19, 2020 / Source: OCC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today extended the public comment period for proposed changes to the rules implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) until April 8, 2020.
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Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, January 28-29, 2020
February 19, 2020 / Source: FRB
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 28-29, 2020.
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Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk: Final Rule
February 18, 2020 / Source: OCC
On January 24, 2020, 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) published a final rule to provide an updated framework for measuring the exposure amount of derivatives contracts.
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FDIC Releases Economic Scenarios for 2020 Stress Testing
February 18, 2020 / Source: FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released the hypothetical economic scenarios for use in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions with total consolidated assets of more than $250 billion.
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Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 21 (Winter 2020)
February 14, 2020 / Source: CFPB
In this issue of Supervisory Highlights, CFPB reports examination findings in the areas of debt collection, mortgage servicing, payday lending, and student loan servicing that were completed between April 2019 and August 2019.
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Senator Calls for Creation of Federal Online Privacy Agency
February 14, 2020 / Source: BankInfoSecurity
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is proposing the creation of a new federal agency dedicated to protecting online privacy, taking that task away from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA): FFIEC Issues 2020 Version of A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!
February 13, 2020 / Source: FDIC
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued the 2020 edition of A Guide to HMDA Reporting Getting It Right! for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act-related data collected in 2020 and reported in 2021.
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Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Discover Financial Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and RBS Securities, Inc.
February 13, 2020 / Source: FRB
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions.
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FBI: Business Email Compromise Losses Hit $1.7B in 2019
February 12, 2020 / Source: NACHA
Business Email Compromise shows no signs of abating, as the number of complaints—and losses—soared last year, a new federal report shows.