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FFIEC Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Tool

Cisco

As these have attacks have evolved, regulatory bodies have updated their regulations to account for the increasing threat of cyber risk. This was revised in 2017, and this consistent framework is intended to be able to help leadership and the board assess their preparedness and risk over time.

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Scale Matters … But Smart Matters More

Gonzobanker

It’s very hard for regulated banks and credit unions to gain any meaningful efficiencies under $1 billion in assets. An exercise Cornerstone likes to conduct: Take a look at the top 20% of the bank’s headcount and review comp and bonus in descending order. It appears nothing else matters but the urgency to get big and get there fast.

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Connecticut federal court allows CFPB claims to proceed against mortgage company and principals for alleged licensing and other violations

CFPB Monitor

By 2017, 1 st Alliance’s compliance department began to raise concerns to company leadership, including the individual defendants, that SCs were engaging in activities that would require licensing. The duties performed by the SCs/HLCs required them to hold a mortgage originator license in every state in which 1 st Alliance operated.

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Why now is the time to update your bank’s corporate governance

Independent Banker

He also recommends not updating the resiliency document as only a “table-top exercise.” Grandstrand, who specializes in bank regulation, notes that it’s important to distinguish between shareholder meetings at the holding company level and at the bank level, as different statutes and regulations may apply. Quick Stat.

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CFPB’s Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law releases report

CFPB Monitor

The Taskforce was charged with examining the existing legal and regulatory environment for consumers and financial services providers and making recommendations to the Bureau’s leadership for improving consumer financial laws and regulations. The report consists of two volumes. Equal access to credit.

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CFPB Winter 2019 Supervisory Highlights focuses on deposits, mortgage loan servicing, and remittances

CFPB Monitor

Although issued under Director Kraninger’s leadership, the Winter 2019 Supervisory Highlights covers examinations generally completed between June and November 2018 when Mick Mulvaney was Acting Director. It represents the CFPB’s second Supervisory Highlights covering supervisory activities conducted under Mr. Mulvaney’s leadership.

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CFPB files supplemental briefs in Seila Law and All American Check Cashing

CFPB Monitor

Because it had ruled that the CFPB’s leadership structure was constitutional, the Ninth Circuit had not previously considered the CFPB’s argument that former Acting Director Mulvaney’s ratification of the CID issued to Seila Law cured any constitutional deficiency. All American Check Cashing.