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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

Bank, CU, securities regulators hold diversity and inclusion summit Sept. 13

August 22, 2018 0

Federal financial industry regulators will jointly host the first-ever Financial Regulatory Agencies’ Diversity and Inclusion Summit Sept. 13 in New York City, the federal agency that regulates credit unions said in an email announcement Monday. […]

Bureau urges servicemembers to ensure credit issues don’t affect their clearances

August 21, 2018 0

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) is warning servicemembers to heed new federal security clearance guidelines that provide for “continuous” monitoring of the financial status of servicemember with security clearances. This monitoring, undertaken by […]

Provision exempting some FIs from annual privacy notices kicks in Sept. 17

August 21, 2018 0

Final revisions providing an exemption from annual privacy notice requirements for financial institutions meeting certain conditions take effect Sept. 17, according to a notice in the Federal Register from the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, […]

Consumer bureau, financial research directors’ nominations set for committee vote (after 3-week pause)

August 20, 2018 0

Rescheduled votes on nominations for Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB), and five others, are set for Thursday by the Senate Banking […]

Bureau effort aims to foster international interaction between regulators, ‘innovative firms’; public input sought

August 8, 2018 0

Fostering interaction between “innovative firms” and regulators internationally in order to “create a new framework for cooperation between financial services regulators on innovation-related topics” is the aim of an effort announced Tuesday by the federal […]

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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 [...]

Bank, CU, securities regulators hold diversity and inclusion summit Sept. 13

Bureau urges servicemembers to ensure credit issues don’t affect their clearances

Provision exempting some FIs from annual privacy notices kicks in Sept. 17

Consumer bureau, financial research directors’ nominations set for committee vote (after 3-week pause)

Bureau effort aims to foster international interaction between regulators, ‘innovative firms’; public input sought

Consumer bureau schedules event on ‘credit visibility’

Senate Banking Committee postpones votes on BCFP, OFR nominees

Comments due this month on credit card agreement reporting to consumer bureau

Mulvaney weighs in on fintech charter, Treasury report – but what about payday lending rule?

Treasury report nods to fintech charter, payday rule rescission, more

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

VA firm must pay $3 million for taking funds, blocking accounts to pay for prisoner basic needs

OIG sets 4 recommendations for NCUA’s federal chartering process

Small FL credit union conserved

PA bank failure, first of year, came from reclassified debt securities, dysfunctional management, report finds

Reports of suspected fraud using deepfake media spurs FinCEN to issue ‘red flags’ alert to FIs

Two promoted to OCC deputy controllers for large bank supervision