CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 15, 2020

When the OCC issued its final Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) rule on May 20, 2020, the agency acted alone without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued its proposed rule. As to the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), it had already bowed out of the CRA reform effort in 2019.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks — an idea that’s already gotten plenty of pushback from traditional financial institutions (FIs). FDIC), the states and the courts. This means getting regulation right is critical.

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Cisco

JULY 12, 2022

Regulatory requirements are a key operational concern that we hear about from our financial customers. A number of our financial institution customers are regulated by multiple, and different, regulatory bodies. The 2021 Updates in the Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations book. Operations and Operational Processes.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The OCC and FDIC have issued a joint proposal to revise their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC, are the primary CRA regulators, the Fed did not join the proposal and presumably will issue a separate proposal. ” Click here to register.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has gotten the ball rolling for financial technology firms trying to operate a national platform, but the FDIC and Federal Reserve should act to remove other policy roadblocks.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. Second, community banks should use FDIC-insured institutions as hedge providers, and the hedges must be structured as qualified financial contracts (QFC).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

First, a bit of background: The goal has been — and if things are indeed put to rest with a recent court decision — to standardize a patch quilt of regulations that must be satisfied by FinTechs on a state-by-state basis. By way of example, FinTechs must cobble together money transmitter licenses from each state in which they operate.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. Section 4008 – Debt Guaranty Authority. Section 4010 – Temporary Hiring Flexibility.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s no small feat for any de novo, especially during a pandemic.

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Abrigo

MARCH 25, 2020

Key Takeaways Banking regulators say short-term, COVID-19-related loan modifications shouldn't automatically be categorized as TDRs. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Axos Bank parent company Axos Financial has rolled out out commercial banking operations across new markets in the U.S., “The nation’s two largest metropolitan areas are home to a majority of our commercial lending and banking clients,” said Greg Garrabrants, president and CEO of Axos, in a statement.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Thereafter, “using its existing lending operations and personnel, LoanMart commenced ‘marketing’ and ‘servicing’ auto title loans purportedly made by CCBank, a small Utah-chartered bank operating out of Provo, Utah.” Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 5, 2019

Reducing costs but appeasing regulators seems like an oxymoron, yet, many AML compliance and operations leaders are being asked to do just that. The question is, how to do this, while keeping the regulators happy? Even better, regulators have recently begun encouraging the application of these techniques.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Regulators and industry consultants agree that community banks are generally doing a great job handling their regulatory oversight and requirements. increased operational risks. Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

The FDIC has nearly quadrupled its enforcement actions (“EA”) over the past three years. Bay National failed on July 9th. The productive view about the similarity of EAs is why haven’t we been doing some of the things required by regulators in the first place? The stark increase in such orders has been alarming. I would vote no.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space. Accordingly, “it is important that [the Agencies] provide coordinated and timely clarity where appropriate to promote safety and soundness, consumer protection, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including [AML] and illicit finance statute and rules.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

regulations have not only mandated traditional FIs to open customer data to third-party FinTechs on the authorization of joint customers, the regulatory landscape has also encouraged greater competition in the small business banking space, giving rise to a flock of challenger banks. market is not like others across the globe.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Ballard Spahr LLP has submitted a comment letter to the OCC in support of its proposed rule , “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders” (the “Proposed Rule”). Three virtually identical Federal Interest Statutes govern interest that may be charged by Banks: Section 85 of the National Bank Act (“NBA”), 12 U.S.C. §

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The OCC notes that, in the case of energy industries, the terminated services were not limited to lending “where risk factors might justify not serving a particular client,” but also included advisory and other services unconnected to credit or operational risk. Comments on the proposal are due by January 4, 2021.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 6, 2019

In doing so, the court found that the term “business of banking” as used in the National Bank Act (NBA) “unambiguously requires receiving deposits as an aspect of the business.”. The OCC also argued that the NYDFS’s claims were untimely because it can no longer challenge the OCC’s long-standing regulation (12 C.F.R.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

As quoted in the National Law Review , the councilman, citing data from the FDIC that black and Hispanic households are more likely than their white counterparts to be underbanked or unbanked, has said that “the cashless marketplace sends an exclusionary message — that the impoverished, the homeless, the underbanked, the undocumented need not apply.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. Legally and operationally, digital John Hancocks come of age in lending.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. Because the nation's balance sheet and income statement is not improving. And I have never heard a regulator say the phrase "over capitalized". As balance sheets grow, operating expenses grow less, creating greater efficiency. Positive operating leverage!

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 12, 2022

However, regulators themselves have been criticized for encouraging de-risking by driving highly risk-adverse decisions by FIs, who are unwilling to take the chance and assume the compliance costs of doing business with specific customers who may in fact be “legitimate,” but whose risk profile is deemed to be high due to their group affiliation.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 23, 2016

According to a 2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , seven percent of US households were unbanked, meaning they had no account at an insured financial institution, and 19% were underbanked, meaning they used non-traditional financial providers like pre-paid cards and/or payday lenders. How about you?

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Thirteen Republican Senators have sent a letter to FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams urging the FDIC to take action to ensure that lawful businesses are no longer at risk of adverse financial consequences as a result of “Operation Choke Point, and its associated culture and Choke Point-like regulatory actions.”.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

These agencies had input: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration. No one knows yet how in-depth the regulators might want those assessments.”. Understand your bank’s IT network and its operations,” says Hamilton. Advice for others.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

These agencies had input: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC and the National Credit Union Administration. No one knows yet how in-depth the regulators might want those assessments.”. Understand your bank’s IT network and its operations,” says Hamilton. Advice for others.

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American Banker

APRIL 11, 2016

Regulators have yet to provide feedback on last year's living will resolution plans, but for foreign banks with significant operations in the U.S., those assessments are too late. Such institutions are required to put in place an entirely different business model by July of this year.

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Filene

JULY 15, 2016

I sat down with Adam Lee , Filene's Incubator Director, to follow up on the blog post he wrote last week about the ongoing payday lending proposed regulations debate, to go a bit deeper into the issue. H: What are you keeping an eye on in the debate over the proposed payday lending regulations? Here’s what I learned.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 10, 2022

The Order sets out the following national objectives with respect to digital assets: consumer and investor protection; protection of financial stability and mitigation of systemic risk; mitigation of illicit finance and national security risks; reinforcement of U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2020

On July 31, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved the national bank charter application of Varo Bank, N.A., team — the first consumer fintech to receive a national bank charter. As other fintechs mature and grow nationally, the message from the federal banking system is: come on in. Varo Bank, N.A.’s

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 22, 2020

The Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA have issued “ Interagency Lending Principles for Offering Responsible Small-Dollar Loans.” Effective management of credit, operational, compliance, and other risks. Section 85) governs the interest national banks may charge. Federal law (12 U.S.C.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Takeaway 1 Risk tied to consumer lending compliance has been elevated as a result of the pandemic and associated operating challenges. In some cases, those operational challenges posed elevated risk to consumers, the CFPB said. Major consumer loan compliance regulations. You might also like this webinar, "Consumer Lending 101.".

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In particular, the report’s recommendations deserve attention because they are likely to influence future actions by the federal banking regulators and the CFPB. (The The report is also worthwhile reading for its discussion of the role of fintechs and other non-banks in providing consumer financial services and how that role has evolved.).

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