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[ November 15, 2024 ] Delinquency rates on rise for CRE, some consumer loans, Fed supervision report finds The Fed
[ November 15, 2024 ] CLF’s 2025-26 budget, share insurance fund update slated next Thursday NCUA
[ November 15, 2024 ] Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states NCUA
[ 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

Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Pay-to-Pay Fees

July 5, 2022 0

Title: Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Pay-to-Pay Fees Subject: Convenience fees Agency: CFPB Status: Advisory opinion Summary: Section 808(1) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or Act) prohibits debt collectors from collecting any […]

Treasury leader notes ‘urgent need’ for cryptocurrency regulation through ‘serious legislative efforts’

July 1, 2022 0

Ensuring that stablecoin arrangements are subject to a federal framework on a “consistent and comprehensive basis” is an “urgent need,” Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen told a group of regulators Thursday. During a meeting […]

Consumer bureau invites applications to consumer, research, community bank, credit union advisory panels

June 30, 2022 0

Qualified applicants who wish to serve on any of the four advisory panels for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have from July 5 to July 24 to submit completed application packets, the bureau said […]

CFPB pulls plug on ‘earned wage access’ sandbox program after firm seeks fee changes

June 30, 2022 0

Approval for a so-called “earned wage access” program was rescinded Thursday by the federal consumer financial protection agency after the firm that developed the program requested the rescission to make changes to its fee model, […]

Opinion takes aim at certain ‘pay-to-pay’ fees by debt collectors in overall campaign against ‘junk fees’

June 29, 2022 0

Reducing so-called “junk fees” – specifically “pay to pay” charges by debt collectors – is the aim of an advisory opinion issued by the federal consumer financial protection agency, it said Wednesday. According to the […]

Credit Card Late Fees and Late Payments

June 29, 2022 0

Title: Credit Card Late Fees and Late Payments Subject: Late fees Agency: CFPB Status: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking Summary: In order to support its rulemaking and other functions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau […]

Interpretive rule aims to underscore states may preempt FCRA with stricter requirements

June 28, 2022 0

States can protect residents through their own fair credit reporting laws by enacting laws that are stricter than the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the federal consumer financial protection agency said Tuesday in issuing an […]

Final rule blocks adverse items from credit reports due to effects of human trafficking on victims

June 23, 2022 0

Helping human trafficking survivors avoid some of the financial consequences of their ordeal is the aim of a final rule issued Thursday by the federal consumer financial protection agency. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) […]

Agencies list rulemaking plans for months ahead; no overdraft fee action from consumer bureau

June 22, 2022 0

Spring rulemaking updates for federal financial regulators were announced this week, featuring a variety of proposed and final rules up for action over the next several months, including modernizing rules implementing the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment […]

With proposal, bureau opens investigation into credit card fees focusing on ‘reasonable and proportional’

June 22, 2022 0

Excessive credit card late fees – particularly data about the fees and late payments and whether the fees are “reasonable and proportional” – are the topic of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued Wednesday […]

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Delinquency rates on rise for CRE, some consumer loans, Fed supervision report finds

November 15, 2024 0

Delinquency rates for some commercial real estate (CRE) loans and some consumer loans have increased to above pre-pandemic levels, and banks have boosted the allowance for credit losses in anticipation of further deterioration in asset quality, according to a supervision [...]
CLF’s 2025-26 budget, share insurance fund update slated next Thursday

November 15, 2024 0

The budget for the agency’s liquidity facility for credit unions is slated for action during the Nov. 21 open meeting of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board, which will also receive a credit union share (deposit) insurance fund briefing. [...]
Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states

November 15, 2024 0

Federal credit unions (FCUs) may invest in common stock of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, or Farmer Mac, to the extent they must in order to serve as loan originators or sellers in the program, the federal credit union regulator [...]
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 [...]