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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

High fees, low interest rates on deposits, erode tax advantages on HSAs, agency contends

May 1, 2024 0

Monthly maintenance fees, paper statement fees, outbound transfer fees, and account closure fees for health savings accounts (HSAs) are being forced on consumers to pay, the federal consumer financial protection agency charged in a report […]

Bureau: Study finds complex pricing schemes through ‘junk fees’ lead to consumers paying up to 60% more

April 30, 2024 0

Consumers tend to pay more for products – up to 60% more – when prices are separated into multiple fees through more complex, difficult to understand pricing structures, according to a study released Tuesday by […]

Improvements noted in medical bills included in credit reports – but not so much in the South, bureau asserts

April 29, 2024 0

If you reside in the South you are “most likely” to have medical bills on your credit reports – making you among 15 million Americans who have the invoices on their credit summaries, according to […]

CFPB’s consumer panel to meet May 15

April 25, 2024 0

A public meeting of the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) of the federal consumer financial protection agency is slated for May 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern. CAB is charged with advising and consulting […]

Bureau asserts scrutiny of mortgage servicing fees having impact; declines in overdraft, NSF fees leveling off

April 24, 2024 0

More than $120 million in junk fee refunds since August from bank account deposits has resulted in the federal consumer financial protection agency’s supervision work on the charges, the agency said in a release Wednesday. […]

CFPB taking comments for 30 days on last week’s nonbank designation rule

April 23, 2024 0

A revised procedural rule on how the consumer financial protection agency designates nonbanks for supervision is in effect now, according to a notice in Tuesday’s Federal Register, and comments from the public will be accepted […]

False claims about student loan costs, graduate hiring rates lead to action against for-profit school, CEO

April 17, 2024 0

Deceiving students about the cost of loans and making false claims about graduates’ hiring rates have led to a consent order and a civil money penalty (CMP) against a San Francisco-based, for-profit vocational school and […]

Final, procedural rule aims to streamline process for designations of nonbanks

April 16, 2024 0

Procedures for designating a nonbank for supervision by the federal consumer financial protection agency were updated Tuesday, the agency said, and will streamline the process for both it and the nonbanks. The Consumer Financial Protection […]

CFPB’s community bank panel to meet April 30

April 16, 2024 0

A public meeting of its Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC) is slated for April 30 from 1-3:30 p.m. Eastern, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a notice posted online and in Tuesday’s Federal […]

Report alleges companies failed to ensure accuracy of credit reports, including not excluding data from ID theft, human trafficking

April 8, 2024 0

Some consumer reporting companies failed to ensure the accuracy of credit reports, including by failing to exclude information resulting from alleged identity theft or human trafficking, the federal consumer financial protection agency charged in a […]

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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 [...]