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Commercial Lending: Refinance Risk
October 3, 2024 / Source: OCC
Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing this bulletin to provide banks1 with guidance for managing credit risk associated with refinance risk. This bulletin does not address other risks, such as interest rate risk.2 Recission This bulletin rescinds Banking Bulletin 1993-50, “Loan Refinancing.” Note for Community Banks This bulletin applies to…
FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance
October 3, 2024 / Source: FDIC
WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in July 2024. The CRA is a 1977 law that requires the FDIC to assess a bank’s record…
HUD Awards $5 Million to HBCUs to Conduct Housing and Community Development Research
October 3, 2024 / Source: HUD
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $5 million to Winston-Salem State University and Tennessee State University to establish Research Centers of Excellence. HUD’s Research Centers of Excellence (COEs) conduct research projects on topics of strategic interest to HUD and produce research that provides evidence-based solutions to housing, community development,…
FDIC Issues 2024 Small Business Lending Survey Report
October 2, 2024 / Source: FDIC
WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today released the 2024 Small Business Lending Survey Report (SBLS). Conducted in 2022, the SBLS is a nationally representative sample of U.S. banks that offers important insights into their small business lending practices and how banks meet the credit needs of the nation’s small businesses. The SBLS gathered…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $279 Million in New Housing Investments
October 2, 2024 / Source: HUD
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced nearly $279 million in awards to properties across 23 states and territories under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations of more than 3,500 homes. These Comprehensive grants and loans will increase energy and water efficiency, reduce climate…
Federal and state financial regulatory agencies issue interagency statement on supervisory practices regarding financial institutions affected by Hurricane Helene
October 2, 2024 / Source: FRB
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state financial regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Helene on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject…
HUD Announces More Than $22 Million to Combat Housing Discrimination in America
October 1, 2024 / Source: HUD
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the availability of $22,241,793 to fair housing organizations across the nation to bolster ongoing efforts to address housing discrimination. Funds announced today through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) will support a variety of activities, including fair housing education and outreach, testing and…
CFPB Takes Aim at Double Billing and Inflated Charges in Medical Debt Collection
October 1, 2024 / Source: CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance to prevent families from being targeted by illegal medical debt collection tactics. The advisory opinion clarifies that debt collectors, which may include third-party “revenue cycle management” companies, are violating federal law when they collect on inaccurate or legally invalid medical debts. These illegal practices include double-dipping…
OCC Releases Bank Supervision Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2025
October 1, 2024 / Source: OCC
WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal year (FY) 2025. The plan outlines the OCC’s supervision priorities and objectives for the year. It also facilitates the implementation of supervisory strategies for individual national banks, federal savings associations, federal branches and agencies of foreign banking…
Statement of Director Sandra L. Thompson on the Advisory Bulletin to the Federal Home Loan Bank System on Climate Risk
October 1, 2024 / Source: FHFA
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued today an Advisory Bulletin to the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System, AB 2024-04: FHLBank System Climate-Related Risk Management, following extensive outreach to the System’s members and other relevant stakeholders through the FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future initiative. In recognition of the serious threat that climate risk and…
HUD and Ginnie Mae to Host Summit on Mortgage Market Resilience and Access to Credit
September 30, 2024 / Source: HUD
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Ginnie Mae announced plans to host a summit to explore the impact of mortgage market liquidity on Americans’ access to affordable home ownership. The Mortgage Market Resilience and Access to Credit Summit, happening Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at HUD headquarters, will bring together leaders from…
Speech – Economic Outlook
September 30, 2024 / Source: FRB
Chair Jerome H. Powell I have some brief comments on the economy and monetary policy and look forward to our discussion. Our economy is strong overall and has made significant progress over the past two years toward achieving our dual-mandate goals of maximum employment and stable prices. Labor market conditions are solid, having cooled from…
Speech – Recent Views on Monetary Policy and the Economic Outlook
September 30, 2024 / Source: FRB
Governor Michelle W. Bowman Good morning. I would like to thank the Georgia Bankers Association for the invitation to join you today for your annual conference.1 I appreciate the opportunity to share my views on the U.S. economy and monetary policy before we engage on community banking issues and other matters affecting the banking industry. In…
HUD Expands Housing Counseling Services to More Americans
September 18, 2024 / Source: HUD
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a series of new actions to expand housing counseling services and strengthen pathways to homeownership for Americans. HUD is also launching a new partnership with Zillow to help attract the next generation of homebuyers. HUD also published a final rule to allow additional…
FDIC Proposes Deposit Insurance Recordkeeping Rule for Banks’ Third-Party Accounts
September 18, 2024 / Source: FDIC
WASHINGTON – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would strengthen recordkeeping for bank deposits received from third party, non-bank companies accepting those deposits on behalf of consumers and businesses. The proposal seeks to address risks related to these third-party arrangements, protect depositors, and promote public confidence…
CFPB Takes Action to Stop Banks from Harvesting Overdraft Fees Without Consumers’ Consent
September 18, 2024 / Source: CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published guidance to help federal and state consumer protection enforcers stop banks from charging overdraft fees based on phantom opt-in agreements. Phantom opt-ins occur when banks claim they have customers’ consent to charge overdraft fees but there is no proof they actually obtained that consent. Under the Electronic…
CFPB Sues Horizon Card Services and CEO Robert Kane for Illegally Baiting, Gouging, and Trapping Families in High-Fee Credit Cards
September 15, 2024 / Source: CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today sued Horizon Card Services and its CEO Robert Kane for tricking consumers into signing up for its expensive membership credit card. Horizon’s credit card, which could come with almost $300 in annual fees on a card with a $500 credit limit, could only be used to…
Agencies extend comment period on request for information on bank-fintech arrangements
September 15, 2024 / Source: FRB
The federal bank regulatory agencies announced today that they will extend until October 30, 2024, the comment period on a request for information on bank-fintech arrangements involving banking products and services. The agencies are seeking input on the nature and implications of bank-fintech arrangements and effective risk management practices. Extending the comment period will allow…
U.S. Department of the Treasury Issues Proposed Rules Supporting Expanded Tribal General Welfare for Tribal Communities
September 15, 2024 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement section 139E of the Internal Revenue Code, created by the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014 (Act). The Act enables Tribal governments to provide non-taxable assistance and benefits to Tribal members…
OCC Issues Enforcement Action Against Wells Fargo Bank
September 12, 2024 / Source: OCC
WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today entered into a Formal Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The Formal Agreement identifies deficiencies relating to the bank’s financial crimes risk management practices and anti-money laundering internal controls in several areas including suspicious activity and currency transaction reporting, customer due diligence, and the bank’s…
CFPB Bans Navient from Federal Student Loan Servicing and Orders the Company to Pay $120 Million for Wide-Ranging Student Lending Failures
September 12, 2024 / Source: CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a proposed order against the student loan servicer Navient for its years of failures and lawbreaking. If entered by the court, the proposed order would permanently ban the company from servicing federal Direct Loans and would forbid the company from directly servicing or acquiring most loans under the Federal Family…
U.S. Department of the Treasury Highlights the Benefits of Public-Private Partnerships for Main Street and Underserved Rural and Urban Communities
September 12, 2024 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON – The Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC), launched by Vice President Kamala Harris in July 2022, is a group of more than two dozen companies that have committed to making investments in small business underserved communities to address economic disparities and jumpstart local economic activity. To date, the EOC has announced $1 billion of deposits with Community…
U.S. Department of the Treasury Releases Proposed Rules for Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax to Address Significant Corporate Tax Avoidance By Companies with $1 Billion Or More In Annual Profit
September 12, 2024 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase tax fairness and address significant corporate tax avoidance by some of the largest and most profitable U.S. corporations by implementing the Inflation Reduction Act’s Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT). CAMT is a key…
Treasury Sanctions Cambodian Tycoon and Businesses Linked to Human Trafficking and Forced Labor in Furtherance of Cyber and Virtual Currency Scams
September 12, 2024 / Source: Treasury
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning Cambodian businessman Ly Yong Phat (Ly), his conglomerate L.Y.P. Group Co., LTD (L.Y.P. Group), and O‑Smach Resort for their role in serious human rights abuse related to the treatment of trafficked workers subjected to forced labor in online scam centers. OFAC is also designating…
CFPB Orders TD Bank to Pay $28 Million for Breakdowns that Illegally Tarnished Consumer Credit Reports
September 11, 2024 / Source: CFPB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered TD Bank to pay $7.76 million to tens of thousands of victims of the bank’s illegal actions. For years, the bank repeatedly shared inaccurate, negative information about its customers to consumer reporting companies. The information included systemic errors about credit card delinquencies and bankruptcies. In…