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[ December 20, 2024 ] Three of nation’s largest banks sued for allowing ‘fraud to fester’ on Zelle payment network CFPB
[ December 20, 2024 ] WARM holiday greetings: Agency issues quarterly update to tool for calculating CECL NCUA
[ December 20, 2024 ] FinCEN provides financial institutions ‘red flags’ of potential frauds using FinCEN’s name Other
[ December 20, 2024 ] OCC annual report notes sound banking system, but urges banks to guard against complacency OCC
[ December 19, 2024 ] More than one-third of workers at FDIC witnessed or experienced sexual harassment, report asserts FDIC

Highest monthly consumer complaint volumes ever (March, April) cited by CFPB director; mortgages, credit cards top those related to COVID-19

May 12, 2020 0

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday told real estate industry and financial literacy meeting attendees that the bureau received the highest monthly number of consumer complaints in the bureau’s history […]

CFPB, housing agencies launch website to help mortgage borrowers, renters affected by coronavirus crisis

May 12, 2020 0

A website to provide mortgage and housing assistance to homeowners and renters facing difficulties amid the coronavirus (COVID-10) pandemic was launched jointly Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and federal housing agencies. The […]

Fed updates term sheet on Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF); $100 billion in loans initially available

May 12, 2020 0

The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) created March 23 by the Federal Reserve to help ensure a continued source of credit to businesses and consumers will initially make up to $100 billion in loans available, […]

With all corporate credit unions participating, Central Liquidity Facility has $13 billion more borrowing authority to year-end

May 11, 2020 0

The liquidity facility run by the federal credit union regulator will be able to borrow more than $13 billion to meet the liquidity needs of 3,700 credit unions through this year-end under membership subscriptions enabled […]

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Three of nation’s largest banks sued for allowing ‘fraud to fester’ on Zelle payment network

December 20, 2024 0

Claiming three of the largest banks in the country allowed “fraud to fester” on an online payment provider, resulting in more than $870 million lost by customers over seven years, the federal consumer financial protection agency Friday filed suit against [...]
WARM holiday greetings: Agency issues quarterly update to tool for calculating CECL

December 20, 2024 0

The latest life-of-loan – or Weighted Average Remaining Maturity (WARM) – factors are included in the updated simplified tool for credit unions released Friday to measure credit losses, their federal regulator said. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) said for [...]
FinCEN provides financial institutions ‘red flags’ of potential frauds using FinCEN’s name

December 20, 2024 0

An alert about fraud schemes abusing the name, insignia, and authorities of Treasury’s financial crimes enforcement unit for financial gain was issued this week to warn corporations, money services businesses and financial institutions and urge that suspected incidents be reported. [...]
OCC annual report notes sound banking system, but urges banks to guard against complacency

December 20, 2024 0

The federal banking system is sound, but banks were urged to guard against complacency and remain vigilant according to the national bank regulator’s 2024 annual report, issued Friday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said the report [...]

Highest monthly consumer complaint volumes ever (March, April) cited by CFPB director; mortgages, credit cards top those related to COVID-19

CFPB, housing agencies launch website to help mortgage borrowers, renters affected by coronavirus crisis

Fed updates term sheet on Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF); $100 billion in loans initially available

With all corporate credit unions participating, Central Liquidity Facility has $13 billion more borrowing authority to year-end

Updated term sheet for municipal lending facility offers up to $500 bill in loans for state, local governments

COVID-19 spurred 32 actions by Fed over two months, supervision/reg report shows

Agency vows ‘no hesitation’ in taking enforcement action for consumer abuses, scams profiting from COVID-19 crisis

FAQs aim to clarify timing of PPP loans under ECOA requirements

‘Living will’ deadlines for biggest foreign banks, other large local and foreign banks, get 90-day extensions

FFIEC panel publishes Q&A on COVID-19 impacts on appraisers

Three of nation’s largest banks sued for allowing ‘fraud to fester’ on Zelle payment network

WARM holiday greetings: Agency issues quarterly update to tool for calculating CECL

FinCEN provides financial institutions ‘red flags’ of potential frauds using FinCEN’s name

OCC annual report notes sound banking system, but urges banks to guard against complacency