July 2024 – Page 5 – Regulatory Report

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[ December 30, 2024 ] Credit union regulator gives green light for some to use investment pilot program NCUA
[ December 30, 2024 ] Agencies, again, extend ‘discretion’ to 2026 on acting against investment funds that own banks FDIC
[ December 23, 2024 ] Charging $10 million in illegal deposit junk fees charged to drivers, CFPB sues WalMart, fintech CFPB
[ December 23, 2024 ] Scheme to illegally steer business to Rocket Mortgage draws CFPB suit CFPB
[ December 23, 2024 ] Shortcomings in anti-money laundering program prompts cease-and-desist order for BofA OCC

Agency opens comment period on revisions to ‘recovery planning guidelines’ for large banks

July 1, 2024 0

A 30-day comment period is underway for proposed revisions to the national bank regulator’s recovery planning guidelines for certain large national banks and their branches, the regulator said June 24. Comments are due Aug. 2, […]

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Credit union regulator gives green light for some to use investment pilot program

December 30, 2024 0

Up to 30 complex federal credit unions (FCUs) will be allowed to engage in investment activities prohibited under portions of federal rules – but permitted by statute – under a pilot program approved Monday by the board of the federal credit [...]
Agencies, again, extend ‘discretion’ to 2026 on acting against investment funds that own banks

December 30, 2024 0

Once again, federal banking agencies said no action will be taken against banks or other firms that sponsor, manage, or advise investment funds and institutional accounts that become principal shareholders of banks. The agencies made the announcement Friday. The agencies [...]
Charging $10 million in illegal deposit junk fees charged to drivers, CFPB sues WalMart, fintech

December 23, 2024 0

One of the nation’s largest retailers and a financial technology (fintech) firm were sued Monday for alleged illegal opening of accounts for delivery drivers and the two harvesting more than $10 million in “junk fees,” the federal consumer financial protection [...]
Scheme to illegally steer business to Rocket Mortgage draws CFPB suit

December 23, 2024 0

Rocket Homes and The Jason Mitchel Group were sued by the consumer financial protection agency Monday over allegations of illegal kickbacks for mortgage, title and escrow referrals in violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Regulation X, [...]
Shortcomings in anti-money laundering program prompts cease-and-desist order for BofA

December 23, 2024 0

Violations and unsafe or unsound practices at one of the nation’s largest banks relating to anti-money laundering (AML) rules and sanctions compliance programs has prompted a cease-and-desist order by the regulator of national banks, made public Monday. The Office of [...]
OCC publishes 2025 asset-size thresholds under CRA for small, intermediate banks

December 23, 2024 0

Asset-size thresholds at small and intermediate-sized banks for defining compliance with anti-redlining rules in 2025 were announced Monday by the regulator of national banks. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said that, starting Jan. 1, a bank [...]