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FDIC 2018 Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights focuses on overdraft, RESPA, Regulation E, deferment, and finance charge calculation exam findings

CFPB Monitor

Last week, the FDIC published its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights that provides observations about its consumer compliance supervision activities in 2018. The FDIC’s anonymized exam findings include: Overdraft Programs. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 Violations.

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New York’s Apple Bank For Savings Slapped With $12.5 Million AML Fine

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Apple Bank for Savings was accused of failing to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) per WSJ. The alleged offenses spanned more than four years between April 2014 and September 2018. Apple Bank is chartered in New York and has locations across the state.

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State AGs submit comments to FDIC on small-dollar lending

CFPB Monitor

A group of 13 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia AG have sent a letter to the FDIC commenting on the agency’s request for information on small-dollar lending. They recommend that “the FDIC discourage banks from entering into these relationships in any guidance it issues on small-dollar lending.”.

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Varo’s FDIC application tests uncharted territory

Bank Innovation

31, 2018, the digital-only challenger bank finally received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Varo Money has been striving to get a banking charter for three years. It’s still unclear, however, if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will grant the final approval.

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This week’s podcast: A Look at the FDIC’s First Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights

CFPB Monitor

In this podcast, we discuss the FDIC’s observations about its “most salient” consumer compliance exam findings during 2018, including issues relating to Overdraft Programs, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8, Regulation E, “Skip-A-Payment” or Deferment Loan Programs, and Lines of Credit. (..)

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FDIC Requests Submission of 2019 D&I Self-Assessments through a New and Improved Application

CFPB Monitor

On March 23, 2020, the FDIC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) announced that it will request 2019 diversity self-assessments from FDIC-regulated financial institutions. The FDIC regulates insured state banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System and insured state thrifts.

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CFPB and federal banking agencies issue joint statement encouraging small-dollar loans in response to COVID-19 outbreak

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB, OCC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, and NCUA have issued a joint statement “to specifically encourage” banks, savings associations, and credit unions “to offer responsible small-dollar loans to both consumers and small businesses” in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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