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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

Bureau levies $11 million in redress, fines against consumer, student-loan debt-relief payment processors

May 11, 2022 0

$11 million in consumer redress and civil money penalties were assessed Wednesday against debt-relief payment processors, and co-founders of one of the firms, the federal consumer financial protection agency said Wednesday. In a release, the […]

ECOA bars lenders from discriminating after making loan too, advisory opinion states

May 9, 2022 0

Lenders are barred from discriminating against customers after they have received a loan, not just during the application process, according to an advisory opinion issued Monday by the federal consumer financial protection agency. The Equal […]

Consumer bureau looking closer at digital redlining, algorithmic bias

May 6, 2022 0

The federal agency charged with consumer financial protection is “sharpening its focus” on digital redlining and algorithmic bias amid the growing influence of technology platforms, including big tech firms, in the financial services marketplace, the […]

BofA slapped with $10 million penalty for processing ‘illegal,’ out-of-state garnishment orders against customer accounts

May 4, 2022 0

A $10 million penalty was ordered against Bank of America for processing illegal, out-of-state garnishment orders against its customers’ bank accounts, the federal consumer financial protection agency said. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau […]

Wrongful car seizures, breakdowns in credit report disputes among ‘highlights’ for 2nd half of ‘21

May 2, 2022 0

Wrongful car repossessions and breakdowns in credit report disputes are among the key findings in a report released Monday by the federal consumer financial protection agency on legal violations identified during supervisory examinations in the […]

Supervisory Authority Over Certain Nonbank Covered Persons Based on Risk Determination; Public Release of Decisions and Orders

April 29, 2022 0

Title: Supervisory Authority Over Certain Nonbank Covered Persons Based on Risk Determination; Public Release of Decisions and Orders Subject: Nonbank covered persons Agency: CFPB Status: Procedural rule; request for public comment Summary: The Consumer Financial […]

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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 [...]

Bureau levies $11 million in redress, fines against consumer, student-loan debt-relief payment processors

ECOA bars lenders from discriminating after making loan too, advisory opinion states

Consumer bureau looking closer at digital redlining, algorithmic bias

BofA slapped with $10 million penalty for processing ‘illegal,’ out-of-state garnishment orders against customer accounts

Wrongful car seizures, breakdowns in credit report disputes among ‘highlights’ for 2nd half of ‘21

Supervisory Authority Over Certain Nonbank Covered Persons Based on Risk Determination; Public Release of Decisions and Orders

Bureau seeks to ban firm permanently from debt relief services; prohibit CEO from services for five years

Bureau to take on exams of nonbank firms posing risk to consumers; new rule proposed

Big remittance firm charged with stranding customers without cash, bungling instructions for resolving disputes

Report charges ‘rising volume’ of consumer complaints over coercive credit reporting of medical bills

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

Farmer Mac stock a permissible investment for some FCUs, agency opinion states

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