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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

Overdraft, insufficient funds fees lead to penalties, restitution of more than $160 million for BofA

July 11, 2023 0

Penalties and restitution totaling more than $160 million against Bank of America for assessments of allegedly illegal overdraft and insufficient funds fees were announced Tuesday by the regulator of national banks and the federal consumer […]

High-cost medical financial products for consumers under microscope by three agencies

July 7, 2023 0

Credit cards and loans, often with high interest rates, allegedly pushed onto patients to pay for their health care costs are under scrutiny by three federal agencies, including the consumer financial protection group. The three […]

Three years after settlement reached, bureau to distribute $3.5 million over fees tied to student loan debt relief

July 6, 2023 0

Payments to consumers from a $3.5 million settlement reached three years ago over the charging of illegal fees charged to ostensibly reduce or eliminate federal student loans are being sent as of Thursday, the federal […]

Rural south faces “distinct challenges” in offering fair access to banking, reports assert

June 21, 2023 0

The rural southern U.S. “faces distinct challenges when it comes to fair access to banking,” the director of the federal consumer financial protection agency said Wednesday, especially as the region includes many areas of “banking […]

Comments due Aug. 21 on agencies’ automated valuation models proposal

June 21, 2023 0

A rule proposed in early June that recognizes the increasing frequency of use of automated valuation models (AVMs) by mortgage lenders in determining the value of property is out for comment until Aug. 21, according […]

Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models

June 21, 2023 0

Title: Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models Subject: Residential mortgage valuation Agency: CFPB, Federal Reserve, FDIC, FHFA, NCUA, OCC Status: Proposed rule Summary: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal […]

Digital payment apps present ‘rapidly growing threat’ to military families, CFPB charges in report

June 20, 2023 0

“A rapidly growing financial threat to military families” is how digital payment apps are being characterized by the federal consumer financial protection agency in a report released Tuesday. However, the same report also offers recommendations […]

Bureau wants to offer another month for comments on ‘data brokers’ and their practices

June 12, 2023 0

You will have another month to submit comments about “data brokers” and their practices under an expected extension of a comment period that is currently set to expire June 13, according to a document filed […]

Joint proposal would offer guidance on reconsiderations of value (ROVs) in real estate appraisals

June 8, 2023 0

Reconsiderations of value (ROVs) for residential real estate valuations that allow consumers to provide financial institutions with information that may not have been considered during an appraisal, or if deficiencies are identified in the original […]

Bureau orders medical debt collector Phoenix to pay $1.675 million penalty plus consumer redress

June 8, 2023 0

A medical debt collector that in “at least thousands of times” continued efforts to collect on debt that was not substantiated after a consumer disputed the debt’s validity must pay redress plus a $1.675 million […]

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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 [...]