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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

CFPB opens 30-day public comment period on its big-tech data inquiry; input due Dec. 6

November 5, 2021 0

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) inquiry into the business practices of six large technology firms operating payments systems in the United States will be open for public comment until Dec. 6, according to a […]

CFPB Inquiry Into Big Tech Payment Platforms

November 5, 2021 0

Title: CFPB Inquiry Into Big Tech Payment Platforms Subject: Payments/big tech Agency: CFPB Status: Notice and request for comment Summary: On October 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) ordered six large […]

Bureau opinion affirms ‘name-only matching’ by background screeners violates FCRA

November 4, 2021 0

Background screeners that use “name-only matching” to verify the identity of job or housing applicants are violating federal law, according to an advisory opinion announced Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “Regulators are […]

Credit report disputes ‘much more likely’ for Black/Hispanic neighborhood residents, younger consumers

November 2, 2021 0

If you live in a Black or Hispanic neighborhood, or are young with a low credit score, you are “far more likely” to have a dispute appear on your credit report, according to new research […]

Report envisions stablecoins only issued through federally insured banks, credit unions; calls for ‘urgently needed’ congressional action

November 1, 2021 0

Payment stablecoins and their arrangements should be subject to a federal framework on a consistent and comprehensive basis through an act of Congress – including by requiring that stablecoins may only be issued by federally […]

CFPB updates validation info in debt collection rule guidance

October 29, 2021 0

Guidance documents to help institutions understand their compliance requirements under federal rules implementing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), in particular, the rule’s validation requirements, have been updated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, […]

Two named to lead CFPB’s supervision, enforcement operations

October 29, 2021 0

Lorelei Salas and Eric Halperin have been named to lead the supervision and enforcement operations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and will serve as “effective watchdogs over the financial marketplace, especially when it comes […]

Greater competition, stopping repeat offenders, ‘relationship banking’ make up triad of goals for new bureau director

October 27, 2021 0

Stimulating greater competition in consumer financial markets, sharpening focus on repeat offenders, and restoring “relationship banking” are the “path forward” for the federal consumer financial protection agency, its director told a House committee Wednesday. Appearing […]

CFPB adjusts TILA dollar amounts for 2022: open-end credit, cards, mortgages

October 26, 2021 0

Many of the dollar amounts that serve as thresholds for Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) requirements, implemented by Regulation Z, on open-end credit and mortgages are set to rise as of Jan. 1, 2022, according to a […]

Consumer bureau notes updates to HMDA filing instructions for 2022 data

October 25, 2021 0

Updates to the filing instructions for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data collected in 2022 – to be reported in 2023 – were released last week by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Filing […]

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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 [...]