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FDIC’s New Banker Engagement Site (BES): Improving CRA & Compliance Exam Communication

Perficient

This month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) launches it new Banker Engagement Site (BES) through FDIC connect. Already reviewed by Perficient, BES provides a secure and efficient portal to exchange documents, information, and communications for consumer compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations.

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FDIC settles Operation Choke Point lawsuit

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has announced that it has entered into a settlement of the lawsuit filed against it and the OCC in 2014 by a trade group and several payday lenders challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving the FDIC, OCC and other federal agencies. In July 2017, the D.C.

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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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Hot Topics: How to Prepare for Your Next BSA Exam

Abrigo

Want more BSA training and articles emailed to you? Does it address a “culture of compliance”? Have all employees received BSA training within the past 12 months? Has the board of directors received training during the past 12 months? Is training designed uniquely for each employee role? Here's a guide to help.

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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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Ethics and Compliance Training: It’s Getting Better All the Time

ForwardBanker

For those of us who work in Corporate America, whether it be at a financial institution or any other company, ethics and compliance training is a familiar, and often mundane, part of our job responsibilities. Training historically has been designed to ‘check the boxes’ and provide the required information but rarely does it engage the.

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FDIC Releases Revised MLA Exam Procedures and Sets Supervisory Expectations

CFPB Monitor

On October 17, the FDIC released revised interagency Military Lending Act (MLA) examination procedures for use in connection with consumer credit transactions occurring on or after October 3, 2016. The FDIC also provided guidance on its initial supervisory expectations for examinations relating to MLA compliance.

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