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FDIC reports bumpy 4Q for banks, warns of credit risks ahead

American Banker

Net income at the nation's more than 4,000 banks dipped markedly in the final quarter of 2023, though for the full year it exceeded pre-pandemic averages. Deterioration in commercial real estate and credit card lending is a concern, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg says.

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FDIC Releases Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions Manual

Abrigo

The FDIC released a manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions. The FDIC released its manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions. For the first time, the FDIC released its manual on Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions to provide greater transparency to those processes. Key Takeaways.

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FDIC seeks comments on small-dollar lending

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC’s issuance of the RFI signals that the FDIC intends to follow suit. A glaring regulatory impediment to small-dollar lending by FDIC-supervised institutions is the FDIC’ s November 2013 guidance on deposit advance products , which effectively precludes FDIC-supervised institutions from offering deposit advance products. (In

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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OCC approves national bank charter applications of fintech company

CFPB Monitor

SoFi) to create SoFi Bank, National Association (SoFi Bank, N.A.), as a full service national bank headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country.

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OCC and FDIC issue proposed rules to undo Madden

CFPB Monitor

The OCC and FDIC issued proposed rules this week intended to eliminate the uncertainty created by the Second Circuit’s decision in Madden v. Comments on the FDIC’s proposal must be submitted no later than 60 days after the date the proposal is published in the Federal Register. Midland Funding. 85 [or 12 U.S.C

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FDIC cautions of increasing credit, interest-rate risks

Abrigo

Add FDIC Chairman Martin J. The FDIC said that the percentage of loans and securities with maturities of three or more years hit the highest percentage in the 18 years of data records, rising to 34.6 Community banks have grown their share of longer-term assets even more quickly than the rest of the industry, according to the FDIC.

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