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[ January 23, 2025 ] New credit union regulator’s board chairman outlines priorities, with budgeting at top of list NCUA
[ January 21, 2025 ] Change comes from new administration with new leadership for FDIC, NCUA Boards FDIC
[ January 21, 2025 ] Another freeze on regulations ordered by Trump, pending rule review by his appointees CFPB
[ January 21, 2025 ] FDIC: Fraud suspected in connection with failed Pulaski Savings Bank, closed Friday FDIC
[ January 21, 2025 ] CFPB: TransUnion subsidiary agrees to not seek any bureau contracts for 3 years CFPB

Another freeze on regulations ordered by Trump, pending rule review by his appointees

January 21, 2025 0

No new rules – “in any manner” – may be proposed or adopted by federal regulators, including those overseeing financial institutions until those rules are reviewed and approved by an agency head appointed or designated […]

CFPB: TransUnion subsidiary agrees to not seek any bureau contracts for 3 years

January 21, 2025 0

Argus Information and Advisory Services, a subsidiary of the nationwide consumer reporting agency TransUnion, has agreed in writing to not seek any government contract with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for three years, the […]

Honda financing arm to pay $12.8 million in redress, penalty over credit reporting violations during COVID-19 pandemic

January 17, 2025 0

American Honda Finance Corporation was ordered Friday to pay $10.3 million in consumer redress plus a $2.5 million civil money penalty over findings of credit report furnishing inaccuracies and dispute investigation failures during the COVID-19 […]

Equifax hit with $15 million penalty over poor dispute handling

January 17, 2025 0

Equifax, one of three nationwide consumer reporting agencies, was ordered Friday to pay a $15 million civil money penalty for failing to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – […]

Cash App owner Block ordered to pay up to $175 million combined in redress, penalty

January 16, 2025 0

Up to $120 million in consumer redress plus a $55 million civil money penalty (CMP) must be paid by Block, the owner of peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, under a consent order announced Thursday by […]

Alleging that consumers were cheated out of $2 billion in interest, bureau files lawsuit against 11th largest bank

January 14, 2025 0

Millions of consumers were allegedly cheated out of more than $2 billion in interest by one of the largest banks in the nation, according to a lawsuit made public Tuesday by the federal consumer financial […]

Proposal would block firms from using contract clauses that impose on legal rights, free speech

January 13, 2025 0

Companies would be banned from using certain contract clauses that allegedly include waivers of substantial legal rights and fine print that suppresses speech under a proposed rule issued Monday by the federal consumer financial protection […]

Flood underinsurance for streamside dwellers in certain regions more likely, report asserts

January 13, 2025 0

Homeowners facing flooding from rivers and creeks – numbering in the hundreds of thousands in the Southeast and central Southwest of the country — are more likely to be underinsured than sea coastal residents, according […]

Bureau seeks public comment on emerging payment mechanisms; proposes rule for how EFTA would cover

January 10, 2025 0

Requirements that apply to emerging payment mechanisms – such as those used in video gaming platforms — are the subject of a proposed interpretive rule issued Friday by the federal consumer financial protection agency. The […]

Agency recognizes first standard-setting group for ‘open banking;’ conditions apply to five-year approval

January 9, 2025 0

A non-profit organization operating in the United States and Canada is the first to be recognized as a standard-setting body for open banking, the federal consumer financial protection agency said late Wednesday. The application by […]

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New credit union regulator’s board chairman outlines priorities, with budgeting at top of list

January 23, 2025 0

Re-examining the current budgeting process for the federal credit union regulator is the top priority of the agency’s new board chairman as outlined late Wednesday in a press release. Kyle S. Hauptman, a Republican appointee who was named chairman of [...]
Change comes from new administration with new leadership for FDIC, NCUA Boards

January 21, 2025 0

Change came rapidly Tuesday to federal financial institution regulatory agencies with the new Trump administration, as at least two new leaders were named at two agencies. More changes could be coming in the days ahead. At the Federal Deposit Insurance [...]
Another freeze on regulations ordered by Trump, pending rule review by his appointees

January 21, 2025 0

No new rules – “in any manner” – may be proposed or adopted by federal regulators, including those overseeing financial institutions until those rules are reviewed and approved by an agency head appointed or designated by the new president, the [...]
FDIC: Fraud suspected in connection with failed Pulaski Savings Bank, closed Friday

January 21, 2025 0

All deposits of Pulaski Savings Bank of Chicago, Ill., were assumed by Millennium Bank of Des Plaines, Ill., under a purchase-and-assumption agreement entered into Friday by the federal bank deposit insurer to protect depositors, the agency said. “The FDIC [Federal [...]
CFPB: TransUnion subsidiary agrees to not seek any bureau contracts for 3 years

January 21, 2025 0

Argus Information and Advisory Services, a subsidiary of the nationwide consumer reporting agency TransUnion, has agreed in writing to not seek any government contract with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for three years, the bureau said Tuesday. The bureau [...]
New FDIC leader issues extensive, 15-item list of ‘matters’ he expects for agency’s focus

January 21, 2025 0

A list of 15 “matters” focusing on a range of issues that the new chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Board expects “to focus on in the coming weeks and months” was issued Tuesday by the new leader. [...]
FDIC makes good on now-acting chairman promise to resign from international regulator group focusing on climate-change policy

January 21, 2025 0

True to the word of the now-acting board chairman, the federal bank deposit insurance agency Tuesday withdrew from an international regulators’ group promoting the “greening” of the financial system. In a brief (one paragraph, two-sentence) statement, the Federal Deposit Insurance [...]