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Treasury Issues Ransomware Advisories to Increase Awareness and Thwart Attacks
October 2, 2020 / Source: FinCEN
Immediate Release October 01, 2020 The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued a pair of advisories to assist U.S. individuals and businesses in efforts to combat ransomware scams and attacks, which continue to increase in size and scope. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) advisory, entitled Advisory on Ransomware and the Use of the Financial…
Nacha Adopts Rules for the Ongoing Modernization of ACH Payments
October 2, 2020 / Source: NACHA
Nacha has approved eight new amendments to the Nacha Operating Rules governing the use of ACH payments. Many of the changes reflect a long-term strategy to modernize the ACH system, both through infrastructure improvements such as Same Day ACH; and making ACH payments easier to use for the country’s consumers, businesses and other organizations. Most…
Community Reinvestment Act: Small Bank Compliance Guide
October 2, 2020 / Source: OCC
OCC Bulletin 2020-86 To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches; Department and Division Heads; All Examining Personnel; and Other Interested Parties Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued three items required to support the implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule the agency…
Current Expected Credit Losses: Final Rule
October 2, 2020 / Source: OCC
OCC Bulletin 2020-85 To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches and Agencies; Department and Division Heads; All Examining Personnel; and Other Interested Parties Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the…
Federal Reserve Board extends temporary actions aimed at increasing the availability of intraday credit extended by Federal Reserve Banks
October 2, 2020 / Source: FRB
Press Release The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday extended to March 31, 2021, temporary actions aimed at increasing the availability of intraday credit extended by Federal Reserve Banks on both a collateralized and uncollateralized basis. These temporary actions: (1) suspend uncollateralized intraday credit limits (net debit caps) and waive overdraft fees for institutions that are…
OCC Releases CRA Evaluations for 12 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations
October 1, 2020 / Source: OCC
News Release 2020-131 WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of September 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received…
OCC Releases Bank Supervision Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2021
October 1, 2020 / Source: OCC
News Release 2020-130 WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The plan provides the foundation for policy initiatives and for supervisory strategies as applied to individual national banks, federal savings associations, federal branches, federal agencies, and technology service providers. OCC staff members…
Truth in Lending Act: Revised Interagency Examination Procedures
October 1, 2020 / Source: OCC
OCC Bulletin 2020-84 To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches and Agencies; Department and Division Heads; All Examining Personnel; and Other Interested Parties Summary The Task Force on Consumer Compliance of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council1 (FFIEC) has adopted revised interagency examination procedures for the Truth in Lending Act…
FinCEN Requests Comments on Due Diligence Programs for Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Financial Institutions and for Private Banking Accounts
October 1, 2020 / Source: FinCEN
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal; Comment Request; Renewal Without Change of Anti-Money Laundering Programs; Due Diligence Programs for Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Financial Institutions and for Private Banking Accounts Release Date September 30, 2020 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal; Comment Request; Re… Action Type Notice and Request for Comment, Forms Renewal/Update
Federal Reserve Board invites public comment on proposal that would update the Board’s capital planning requirements to be consistent with other Board rules that were recently modified
October 1, 2020 / Source: FRB
Press Release The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday invited public comment on a proposal that would update the Board's capital planning requirements to be consistent with other Board rules that were recently modified. Last year, the Board finalized a framework that sorts large banks into different categories based on their risks, with rules that are…
CFPB, FTC, State, and Federal Law Enforcement Partners Announce Nationwide Crackdown on Phantom and Abusive Debt Collection
September 29, 2020 / Source: CFPB
'Operation Corrupt Collector’ targets debt collectors trying to collect on non-existent debts, using illegal scare tactics WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, today announced a nationwide law enforcement and outreach initiative to protect consumers from phantom debt collection…
Agencies Issue Two Final Rules
September 29, 2020 / Source: OCC
News Release 2020-129 Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The federal bank regulatory agencies finalized two rules, which are either identical or substantially similar to interim final rules currently in effect and issued earlier this year. They include: A final rule…
RI Man Charged with Fraudulently Seeking $4.7 Million in Covid-19 Stimulus Loans
September 28, 2020 / Source: FDIC OIG
PRESS RELEASE PROVIDENCE – A Middletown, RI, man currently on federal supervised release having been previously sentenced for robbing four banks, is facing charges in federal court in Providence for allegedly filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under…
Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
September 28, 2020 / Source: FRB
The 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is the most recent survey conducted. Below are links to the bulletin article, interactive chartbook, historical bulletin tables, full public dataset, extract dataset, replicate weight files, and documentation. How to get a notification of changes: If you would like to receive notification about additions to the web page…
Federal Reserve Board amends implementation date of modifications to Reserve Bank payment services and corresponding changes to the Policy on Payment System Risk
September 26, 2020 / Source: FRB
Press Release The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that it is amending the implementation date for modifications to the Federal Reserve Banks' payment services to facilitate adoption of a later same-day automated clearinghouse (ACH) processing and settlement window and for corresponding changes to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR policy). The…
FDIC Makes Public August 2020 Enforcement Actions
September 26, 2020 / Source: FDIC
Press Release The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in August. There are no administrative hearings scheduled for October 2020. The FDIC issued 13 orders in August 2020. The administrative enforcement actions in those orders consisted of one consent order under…
FDIC Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee to Discuss the FDIC’s Progress on Systemic Resolution
September 25, 2020 / Source: FDIC
For Release WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, October 1 at 9:00 am ET. FDIC’s advisory committee members will discuss and receive updates on resolution planning in bankruptcy and pursuant to the Orderly Liquidation Authority. The FDIC created the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee in 2011 to…
Preparedness means rebuilding toward a brighter future with emergency savings
September 25, 2020 / Source: CFPB
September is National Preparedness Month , which is aimed at promoting family and community disaster planning, including financial preparedness. This year, for many Americans who experienced financial challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, preparedness means taking small steps toward rebuilding and resilience. If you are still struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic, you may…
Regulatory Relief Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of Alabama Affected by Hurricane Sally
September 23, 2020 / Source: FDIC
Financial Institution Letter FIL-92-2020 Summary: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally. A copy of the Guidance can be found on the FDIC's website. Statement of Applicability to Institutions with Total Assets under $1 Billion: This Financial Institution…
OCC Reports Decline in Mortgage Performance
September 23, 2020 / Source: OCC
News Release 2020-126 WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system declined during the second quarter of 2020. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Second Quarter 2020 showed 91.1 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter, compared…
FHFA Requests Input on Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2021-2024
September 22, 2020 / Source: FHFA
News Release Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is requesting input on its Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2024 (the Plan), which establishes new goals that are necessary for FHFA to fulfill its statutory duties, including responsibly ending the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Plan formalizes FHFA's, and its regulated entities', new direction…
Reminder for the Annual Report of Blocked Property
September 22, 2020 / Source: OFAC
On July 1, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a recent action notice, reminding holders of property blocked pursuant to OFAC sanctions regulations published in Chapter V of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) of the requirement to provide OFAC with an Annual Report of Blocked Property (ARBP). Persons…
Federal Reserve Board issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an approach to modernize regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act
September 22, 2020 / Source: FRB
Press Release The Federal Reserve Board on Monday issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that invites public comment on an approach to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) by strengthening, clarifying, and tailoring them to reflect the current banking landscape and better meet the core purpose of the CRA….
Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk; Correction: Final Rule
September 22, 2020 / Source: OCC
OCC Bulletin 2020-82 To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches and Agencies; Department and Division Heads; All Examining Personnel; and Other Interested Parties Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…
Federally Chartered Banks and Thrifts May Engage in Certain Stablecoin Activities
September 22, 2020 / Source: OCC
News Release 2020-125 WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published a letter clarifying national banks' and federal savings associations' authority to hold “reserves” on behalf of customers who issue certain stablecoins. Stablecoins refer to cryptocurrency backed by an asset such as a fiat currency, including U.S. dollars or other foreign currency. “National…