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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Perficient

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Navigating AML and OFAC Compliance Risks Regarding anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance risks, bank executives must navigate operational and compliance challenges tied to fintech relationships. Manage third-party risks, especially for relationships involving higher-risk or critical activities.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2022

Meet Model Risk Management Expectations Updates to the FDIC Risk Management Manual should steer institutions toward a model that manages risk and drives growth. FDIC Update. Last April, the FDIC released an Interagency Statement titled Model Risk Management (MRM) for Bank Models and Systems Supporting BSA/AML Compliance.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As anticipated, the OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and FDIC recently approved and released the Final Rule Requiring Computer-Security Incident Notification (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule is designed to promote early awareness and stop computer security incidents before they become systemic.

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Cisco

JULY 12, 2022

Regulatory requirements are a key operational concern that we hear about from our financial customers. As a key provider of technology for mission-critical financial system infrastructures across the globe, Cisco is held to the highest levels of scrutiny in the financial services regulatory audit chain. In the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 18, 2019

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. Regulation E – Mistakes Made in the Consumer Liability/Error Resolution Process.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule setting forth the conditions it will impose and the commitments it will require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) whose parent company is not subject to consolidated supervision by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

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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. However, the banking industry doesn’t like that one bit. “We

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Abrigo

APRIL 12, 2016

The FDIC is offering a fresh take on how a bank’s board of directors should understand and manage risk. The regulator’s April edition of Supervisory Insights provides what the FDIC called a “refresher” on its Pocket Guide for Directors, the 1988 booklet outlining the basic duties and responsibilities of a bank’s board of directors.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The CFPB, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC NCUA, OCC, in conjunction with the state bank and state credit union regulators, jointly issued a statement on managing the transition away from LIBOR (Joint Statement). The Joint Statement indicates that in March 2021, the FCA announced that the one-week and two-month U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have issued a “ Statement on Reference Rates for Loans ” that addresses replacement rates for the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). ” The statement highlighted the financial, legal, consumer protection, and operational risks that will result from LIBOR’s expected discontinuation.

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American Banker

APRIL 10, 2024

Chairman Martin Gruenberg says the agency would likely use a resolution strategy for a global systemically important bank that puts the holding company into resolution and keeps subsidiaries operating under a bridge company. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2022

Second, community banks should use FDIC-insured institutions as hedge providers, and the hedges must be structured as qualified financial contracts (QFC). We see substantial risk to community banks in dealing with non-FDIC hedge providers or those not offering QFC protection – think Lehman Brothers.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Takeaway 1 Signs point to increased loan modifications and loan workouts, and regulators have urged financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers. . Meanwhile, regulators are focusing fresh attention on prudent credit risk management of loans, especially CRE, and loan modifications in general. CRE loan accommodations.

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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 key is simple: financial institutions just need to improve the efficiency of their people and systems. The question is, how to do this, while keeping the regulators happy?

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Abrigo

MARCH 2, 2023

But as Southwest’s scheduling system crisis over the holidays showed banking and all other industries, technology shortcomings create enormous costs in the short-term and in the future. The company has estimated that the impact of its system meltdown during bad weather will cost it as much as $825 million. Executives took a pay cut.

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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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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The FDIC’s Center for Financial Research has issued a research paper that discusses the use of the information contained in a “digital footprint,” meaning the information that people leave online by accessing or registering on a website, for predicting consumer default. The operating system (e.g. tablet or mobile).

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BankBazaar

APRIL 19, 2023

However, the Indian banking system is relatively strong. Some of the factors that contribute to the strength of the Indian banking system is its robust regulatory framework, diversified banking sector and deposit insurance. What have the regulators done? What is the meaning of a bank run?

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Fed’s publication of the paper is another indication of the increased attention that regulators are paying to bank relationships with fintechs. The three partnership types discussed are: Operational technology partnerships aimed at enhancing a bank’s processes, monitoring capabilities, or technical infrastructure.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2023

As we harness the power of AI to enhance operational efficiency, detect patterns, and optimize decision-making processes, financial institutions must remain vigilant. An example of a rising AI fraud scheme is using voice-to-text technology, such as Microsoft’s new Vall-E Text-to-Speech System.

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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 4009 – Temporary Government In The Sunshine Act Relief.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2020

ESB's President was a dominant official with significant control over bank operations and limited oversight by the Board of Directors (Board). The bank President used her role as primary lender, with inadequately controlled systems access, to originate millions of dollars in fraudulent agricultural and other commercial loans.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space. In the Joint Statement, the Agencies state that they “recognize that the merging crypto-asset sector presents potential opportunities and risks for banking organizations, their customers, and the overall financial system.” Ancillary custody services.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. That lending operation has been fairly successful for Square, and has lent out over $1.8

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

According to the report, the banking regulator said the data breach had to do with a former employee at the agency removing more than 10,000 records without receiving authorization to do so. The OCC, according to WSJ , noted the compromise hasn’t “adversely affected” the agency’s internal operations. The incident occurred in Nov.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

How has CECL implementation impacted their operations and reserves for credit losses? CECL's impact on operations. Use a software tool [and] ensure your auditors and regulators are in the loop on progress.” One-quarter were credit unions, and 2% were banks or cooperative institutions of the Farm Credit System. Learn More.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

He stated that the Figure Pay account will be interoperable with other accounts and payment methods (bypassing some of the vagaries of “closed” systems like MCX, now long-defunct). Enter Figure Pay – And The Barbell Effect . But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 1, 2021

In what could be an important step towards needed regulatory updating to accommodate the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, the CFPB, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and NCUA issued a request for information (RFI) regarding financial institutions’ use of AI, including machine learning (ML). Cybersecurity.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 22, 2023

Irvine Sprague, Former FDIC Director So Gonzo Bankers … how many of us have been hesitant lately to check our iPhone each morning to see what trouble may have hit the fan in the financial world during a few restless hours of slumber? Additionally, regulators and investors are growing more concerned about credit risk when the economy slows.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 7, 2022

Big corporations and their lobbyists want to preserve a system where American families and small businesses are left to fend for themselves against those that repeatedly violate the law. Supreme Court’s decision on June 30, 2022 in West Virginia v.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Federal regulators say, not always. And there are valid circumstances for engaging objective, outside experts to audit and review their risk management and compliance activities, but placating regulators is not one of them. Then banks can determine which internal systems, controls and resources to apply in managing those risks.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

1831d(a) (“Section 27(a)”), which governs the interest charges of state-chartered FDIC-insured banks. 93a, the OCC is generally “authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the responsibilities of the office.” We urge the FDIC to propose and adopt a true lender rule that mirrors the OCC’s Proposed Rule.

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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. Electronic signatures are accepted by banking regulators and meet state standards under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Anti-fraud measures also are built into electronic signature systems.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

One of the biggest problems with FinTech companies is that many of them exploit existing banking infrastructure—including debit, credit and ACH networks—and access traditional checking and saving accounts, yet face minimal regulation when it comes to data security and privacy. Siphoning customers.

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