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CFPB Launches Initiative to Improve Customer Service at Big Banks
June 14, 2022 / Source: CFPB
Washington, D.C. â The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking public input on how bank customers can assert their rights to better customer service with big banks. A 2010 federal law specifies that consumers have rights to obtain timely responses to requests for information about their accounts from large depository institutions. In todayâs Request for…
Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra in Great Falls, Montana on Relationship Banking and Customer Service
June 14, 2022 / Source: CFPB
Good morning. Thank you to Great Falls College MSU for hosting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and thank you to everyone who has joined us. On this trip to Montana, weâve been lucky to meet with local bank employees, small businesses in the region, and military families at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Today, we are…
FinCEN Acting Directorâs Statement Regarding U.S., U.K. Collaboration on Prize Challenges to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
June 14, 2022 / Source: FinCEN
The Office of Servicemember Affairsâ annual report on the top financial concerns facing servicemembers, veter Data available through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) provides the most comprehensive source of publicly available information on the U.S. mortgage market. Under HMDA, financial institutions maintain, report, and publicly disclose loan-level information about mortgage applications and loans. HMDA…
CFPB publishes Beginnerâs Guide to Accessing and Using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data
June 14, 2022 / Source: CFPB
The Office of Servicemember Affairsâ annual report on the top financial concerns facing servicemembers, veter Data available through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) provides the most comprehensive source of publicly available information on the U.S. mortgage market. Under HMDA, financial institutions maintain, report, and publicly disclose loan-level information about mortgage applications and loans. HMDA…
Office of Servicemember Affairs 2021 Annual Report
June 14, 2022 / Source: CFPB
The Office of Servicemember Affairsâ annual report on the top financial concerns facing servicemembers, veterans, and military families, based on the complaints they submitted to the CFPB. Servicemembers told the CFPB about billing inaccuracies and that debt collectors used aggressive tactics to recover allegedly unpaid medical bills. Servicemembers also reported failures by credit reporting companies…
OCC Hosts Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee Meeting June 27
June 13, 2022 / Source: OCC
WASHINGTONâThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced it will host a public meeting of the Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee (MSAAC) on Monday, June 27, 2022. The meeting, which will be hosted in person and virtually, is open to the public and will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)….
Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States
June 13, 2022 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON â Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today discussed the importance of commu WASHINGTON â The U.S. Department of the Treasury delivered its semiannual Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States. In this Report, Treasury reviewed and assessed the policies of major…
Acting Comptroller Discusses Importance of CDFIs, MDIs
June 9, 2022 / Source: OCC
WASHINGTON â Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today discussed the importance of community development financial institutions (CDFI) and minority depository institutions (MDI) at the 2022 Community Development Bankers Association Peer Forum. In his remarks, the Acting Comptroller highlighted initiatives to revitalize MDIs and increase investments in CDFIs, and the Office of the…
CFPB Launches Inquiry into Practices that Leave Workers Indebted to Employers
June 9, 2022 / Source: CFPB
Emerging products require employees to sign up for debt Washington, D.C. â The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched an inquiry into practices and financial products that may leave employees indebted to their employers. In todayâs Request for Information, the CFPB seeks data about, and worker experiences with, these emerging practices and financial products referred…
CFPB Seeks Ban Against Operator of Student Loan Debt Relief Scam Reboot
June 9, 2022 / Source: CFPB
More than $240,000 disappeared from student loan borrowersâ bank accounts when Frank Gebase, Jr.âs company facilitated a series of unauthorized charges Washington, D.C. â Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against the owner of a student-loan debt relief company for allegedly withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars from student borrowersâ bank accounts, without…
Florida Man Arrested for $2.5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud
June 8, 2022 / Source: Department of Justice
BOSTON â A former Massachusetts resident and owner of a Massachusetts-based painting company has been arrested and charged in connection with allegedly filing a fraudulent loan application to obtain $2.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Vinicius Santana, 34, of Boca Raton, Fla….
The U.S. Economic Recovery in International Context
June 8, 2022 / Source: Treasury
By:Â Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Benjamin Harris and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomics Neil Mehrotra Overview The economic recovery from the pandemic in the United States has been historic relative to prior episodes and has also been robust relative to the recoveries of many other major advanced economies. And while a counterfactual recovery is…
CFPB Issues Order to Terminate Upstart No-Action Letter
June 8, 2022 / Source: CFPB
Upstart requested termination of 2020 âno-action letterâ to change its underwriting and pricing models. Washington, D.C. â Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an order to terminate Upstart Network from its list of approved âno-action letters.â The CFPB had granted special regulatory treatment to Upstart by immunizing the lender from being charged with fair…
Treasury Announces First Capital Projects Fund Awards to Increase Access to Affordable, High-Speed Internet
June 8, 2022 / Source: Treasury
June 7, 2022 Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia, and West Virginia are the first states to be approved to receive funds under the American Rescue Plan and will connect over 200,000 homes and businesses WASHINGTON â Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the first group of plans approved under the American Rescue Planâs Coronavirus Capital…
Data Spotlight: Financial well-being in America, from 2017 to 2020
June 8, 2022 / Source: CFPB
In 2017, CFPB published its first report on Financial Well-Being in America. Since then, the financial circumstances of many Americans have changed dramatically. This spotlight shows that Americans experienced an average increase in their financial well-being between 2017 and 2020, likely boosted by the large government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, a deeper analysis…
Terrorist Financing Targeting Center Members Jointly Designate a Broad Range of Financiers of Terrorism
June 7, 2022 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON â Today, members of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) sanctioned 16 individuals, entities, and groups affiliated with a variety of regional terrorist organizations. All of these targets have been previously designated by the United States. The targets included three individuals associated with Iranâs Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), four ISIS-associated individuals and…
FinCEN Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for No-Action Letter Process
June 7, 2022 / Source: FinCEN
WASHINGTONâThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment on questions relating to the implementation of a no-action letter process at FinCEN. A no-action letter is generally understood to be a form of enforcement discretion where an agency states by letter that it will not take an…
Treasury Designates Two Senior Officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Destabilizing Behavior
June 7, 2022 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON â Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two prominent officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14033. This OFAC action, the third taken under E.O. 14033, targets Marinko Cavara, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina President, and Alen Seranic, the Republika Srpska…
Protecting servicemembers from abuses of the military allotment system
June 3, 2022 / Source: CFPB
For years, weâve warned of how companies position themselves just outside the gates of military bases to target servicemembers with costly loans and expensive contracts for items like cars, furniture, and electronics. Despite existing federal protections, the CFPB and the Department of Defense (DoD) continue to closely monitor these companies for abuses, particularly those that…
OCC Releases CRA Evaluations for 29 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations
June 1, 2022 / Source: OCC
WASHINGTON â 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 May 1, 2022, through May 31, 2022. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received…
Summary of Deposits Survey and Filing for June 30, 2022
June 1, 2022 / Source: FDIC
Summary: The Summary of Deposits (SOD) is the annual survey of branch office deposits as of June 30 for all FDIC-insured institutions, including insured U.S. branches of foreign banks. All institutions with branch offices are required to submit the survey; institutions with only a main office are exempt. All survey responses are required by July…
FDIC Issues CRA Examination Schedules for Third Quarter 2022 and Fourth Quarter 2022
June 1, 2022 / Source: FDIC
WASHINGTON â The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the lists of institutions scheduled for a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination during the third quarter 2022 and fourth quarter 2022. CRA regulations require each federal bank and thrift regulator to publish its quarterly CRA examination schedule at least 30 days before the beginning of…
Minutes of the Boardâs discount rate meetings from April 25 through May 4, 2022
June 1, 2022 / Source: FRB
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from April 25 and May 4, 2022. Subject to review and determination by the Board of Governors, the directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta had voted on April 21, 2022, to establish the primary credit rate at the existing…