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[ November 14, 2024 ] Fed’s Kugler becomes latest board member to advocate for continued agency independence The Fed
[ November 14, 2024 ] VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs CFPB
[ November 14, 2024 ] OIG sets 4 recommendations for NCUA’s federal chartering process NCUA
[ November 14, 2024 ] Small FL credit union conserved NCUA
[ November 13, 2024 ] PA bank failure, first of year, came from reclassified debt securities, dysfunctional management, report finds FDIC

Bureau notes violations in loan servicing, credit cards; adds small-business lending to report

September 6, 2018 0

Supervisory and examination findings regarding compliance, and noncompliance, with federal consumer financial protection laws are cited in a six-month report that also, for the first time, looks at small-business lending. In its latest Supervisory Highlights […]

Bureau renewing info collections related to mortgages, consumer leasing

September 5, 2018 0

Four information collections under rules of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as CFPB) are up for revision, without any change, according to the bureau, which says it’s accepting public comments on […]

BCFP rule interprets, clarifies recent reform law’s partial HMDA exemptions

August 31, 2018 0

A final interpretive and procedural rule to “implement and clarify” the partial exemptions from requirements of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) in the recently enacted Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) […]

BCFP councils now limited to 6 members each, new recently posted charters show

August 28, 2018 0

Three advisory panels established under the 2010 financial reform law that also created the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as CFPB) have been pared down in membership slots to six each, according […]

Consumer bureau’s top student loan watchdog resigns, says bureau has ‘abandoned’ consumers

August 27, 2018 0

The student loan ombudsman for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) on Monday stated in a letter of resignation to Acting Director John (“Mick”) Mulvaney that the bureau under Mulvaney’s leadership no longer protects […]

RR post-break wrap-up: OCC clarifies CRA rating policy, Fed fines Citigroup, BCFP settles with Hydra Group; and more

August 24, 2018 0

Regulatory Report took a week-long break from Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, but the news didn’t. Here is a wrap-up of some of the key developments during the period. OCC policy on CRA clarified, leaving […]

Reg thresholds for mortgage and credit card disclosures, fees revised for 2019

August 24, 2018 0

All but one of the regulatory thresholds on what fees are allowed and which loans get special protections under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act) and […]

Study finds little consumer concern for ‘pink tax,’ although some disparities exist

August 23, 2018 0

Limited consumer concerns based on gender-related pricing differences – termed a “pink tax” – were identified by the federal consumer financial protection agency and two other federal, non-financial regulatory agencies, a new report released Thursday […]

Nominee for consumer director moves forward after partisan committee vote of 13-12

August 23, 2018 0

The nomination of the next director of the federal consumer financial protection agency was recommended favorably, narrowly and along partisan lines (and after withering criticism by Democrats) by a Senate committee Thursday. The next step […]

22% of consumer reports showed telecom-related collections in past 5 years, BCFP reports

August 22, 2018 0

Collections for telecommunications debt – for example, money owed for landline or cell phone, cable or Internet – showed up in more than 1 in 5 consumer credit reports from mid-2013 to early 2018, but […]

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Fed’s Kugler becomes latest board member to advocate for continued agency independence

November 14, 2024 0

Count Federal Reserve Board Gov. Adriana Kugler as an advocate of continued agency independence, who Thursday said that condition is “fundamental” to the Fed achieving good policy. In remarks to a meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association [...]
VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs

November 14, 2024 0

A Virginia firm must pay $3 million for illegally taking millions of dollars from more than a half-million accounts and blocking money transfers to consumers who are incarcerated, according to charges made public by Thursday by the federal consumer financial [...]
OIG sets 4 recommendations for NCUA’s federal chartering process

November 14, 2024 0

Automation, better communication on process and a process for handling inquiries are recommended for the federal credit union regulator’s chartering process in an inspector general audit report released recently on the agency’s website. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Office [...]
Small FL credit union conserved

November 14, 2024 0

The $59 million-in-assets Alliance Credit Union of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., was conserved last week by the state’s financial regulator, with the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) named conservator. No specific reason for the conservatorship was provided in the NCUA’s evening [...]
PA bank failure, first of year, came from reclassified debt securities, dysfunctional management, report finds

November 13, 2024 0

Republic First Bank became “critically undercapitalized” in April – which a dysfunctional board and management team exacerbated, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure, according to the material loss review published Wednesday by the federal insurer of bank deposits. The report, [...]
Reports of suspected fraud using deepfake media spurs FinCEN to issue ‘red flags’ alert to FIs

November 13, 2024 0

An alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes targeting them and that are associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools was issued Wednesday by Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement arm. The Financial Crimes [...]
Two promoted to OCC deputy controllers for large bank supervision

November 13, 2024 0

Two long-time bank examiners – Robert Barnes and Kevin Greenfield – were promoted to the posts of deputy comptrollers for large bank supervision, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Wednesday. The OCC said Barnes, a national [...]