CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 3, 2022

On July 25, 2022, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter (FIL)-34-2022 announcing updates to Chapters 1 and 4 of its Formal and Informal Enforcement Actions Manual (Manual). The Manual includes updates to the minimum standards for the FDIC’s termination of cease-and-desist and consent orders.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a letter sent earlier this month, the Bank Policy Institute, the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America (the “trade groups”) have asked the FDIC for more time to comment on the agency’s proposal , published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022, to update its existing regulations governing use and misuse (..)

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 23, 2022

The FDIC has issued new supervisory guidance (FIL-40-2022) on multiple non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees arising from the re-presentment of the same unpaid transaction. In the guidance, the FDIC addresses potential risks arising from multiple re-presentment NSF fees, risk mitigation practices, and the FDIC’s supervisory approach. .

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2023

Introduction How regulators define successful loan reviews Mark Twain observed, “A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.” So, let’s get a sense of what regulators specifically expect loan review to do, and let’s start with loan review systems.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 23, 2022

On August 19, 2022, the FDIC issued cease and desist letters to five crypto companies, alleging they made false and misleading statements about FDIC deposit insurance and demanding immediate corrective action. According to the FDIC’s press release , “[b]ased upon evidence collected., Part 328, Subpart B.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 6, 2022

The CFPB has published its Spring 2022 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Even the two items that appeared as long-term actions in the Fall 2021 agenda, artificial intelligence and mortgage servicing, no longer appear in the Spring 2022 agenda.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 19, 2022

As indicated by the CFPB, the Circular was issued in connection with the FDIC’s issuance of a final rule implementing the Federal Deposit Insurance Act’s (FDIA) prohibition on false advertising through the misuse of the FDIC’s name or logo or making knowing misrepresentations about deposit insurance coverage. .

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

However, in the current rising interest rate environment in the United States since 2022, loan rates have adapted more rapidly than deposit rates. Transaction Accounts Regulators classify transaction accounts under the Monetary Control Act of 1980 and the Federal Reserve Regulation D for federal reserve requirements on deposit liabilities.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 22, 2022

After announcing in 2021 their intent to work collaboratively to update the CRA regulations to achieve a more consistent framework, revisions to the CRA’s implementing regulations were recently proposed by the three U.S. banking regulators (the “2022 Joint Notice” or the “Proposal”). 2022 Joint Notice.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2022

Meet Model Risk Management Expectations Updates to the FDIC Risk Management Manual should steer institutions toward a model that manages risk and drives growth. FDIC Update. Last April, the FDIC released an Interagency Statement titled Model Risk Management (MRM) for Bank Models and Systems Supporting BSA/AML Compliance.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The lawsuit takes issue with the agency's 2022 guidance on nonsufficient funds fees, a hot-button topic in the banking industry. The FDIC is asking a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that the plaintiffs lack standing to sue.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 7, 2022

The FDIC has issued the March 2022 edition of Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights which includes a description of some of the most significant consumer compliance issues identified by FDIC examiners during consumer compliance examinations conducted in 2021. Fair lending.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The FDIC has issued a final rule that establishes a new framework for analyzing whether deposits made through deposit arrangements qualify as “brokered deposits” and amends the methodology for calculating the interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions (IDIs). Brokered Deposits.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The FDIC approved a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rates by 2 basis points until the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) achieves the FDIC’s long-term goal of a reserve ratio of 2% of insured deposits. The FDIC’s long-term goal for the reserve ratio of insured deposits. Source: FDIC.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The 2022 clarity promised by the “roadmap” presumably will supersede, once issued, Interpretive Letter #1179, which appears to function as a general stop-gap until the 2022 publications hopefully provide more detail regarding exactly how banks can attain compliance. Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space.

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Perficient

AUGUST 15, 2024

A major step in this direction is the European Union Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (EU MiFID II) Regulation requiring financial firms to incorporate sustainability preferences into their advisory and portfolio management processes since 2022.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 14, 2023

Cross River Bank recently found itself in hot water with the FDIC when the agency declared that the bank engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices in relation to its compliance with fair lending laws and regulations, specifically the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Truth-in-Lending Act. In effect, Cross River is in time out.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As a point of reference, the S&P US BMI Bank Total Return Index for the five years ended December 9, 2022 was -1.21%. As of or for the year-to-date September 30, 2022, the Company had $3.1 and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. billion in total assets at September 30, 2022, fueled by organic growth and acquisitions.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Q1 2023 compliance date is near for smaller SEC-reporting financial institutions and private or not-for-profit banks and credit unions, and progress is decidedly mixed, according to the Abrigo 2022 CECL Survey. Most bankers (86%) indicated they’ve moved beyond data collection in 2022, even if they haven’t yet adopted the standard (i.e.,

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Abrigo

JANUARY 4, 2023

Of that group of users, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that since the beginning of 2021 through the first quarter of 2022, more than 46,000 people have reported losing over $1 billion in crypto scams. banking regulators recently warned financial institutions that dealing with cryptocurrency exposes them to an array of risks. "The

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

On September 7, 2022, newly-appointed Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), Michael S. Barr also intends to work with the FDIC to review the resolution plans of globally systemically important banks and other large banks to ensure appropriate steps are being taken to limit the costs to society of potential failure.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Populus contrasts the narrower missions and authority of the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC, which are also self-funded. With regard to the OCC, Populus distinguishes the OCC’s reliance on fees from the entities it regulates which it asserts creates political accountability for the OCC. Populus Financial Group, Inc.,

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The agenda’s preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of November 1, 2021 and identifies the regulatory matters that the Bureau “reasonably anticipates having under consideration during the period from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.”. Amendments to FIRREA Concerning Automated Valuation Models.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In remarks at the DC Fintech Week conference on October 11, 2022 and in a keynote address later the same day at a roundtable conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

consumers lost more than $7 billion during the first three quarters of 2023, up 5% compared to the same period in 2022. The increasingly digital nature of financial transactions and the growing prevalence of fraud require consumers and businesses alike to be equipped with the knowledge to navigate day-to-day business securely.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In March 2022, OppFi filed a complaint seeking to block the DFPI’s attempt to apply the CFL rate cap to loans made through its partnership with the Bank. As alleged the Commissioner is not attempting to regulate the transfer of loans in the secondary market. Rather, the focus here is on the identity of the lender in the primary market.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

between 2015 and 2022. Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. Between 1941 and 1979, an average of 5.3

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 15, 2022

The OCC’s attempt to provide a clear bright line test for determining when a bank is the “true lender” in a bank-model program through a regulation was overturned by Congress under the Congressional Review Act.) In addition to “true lender” threats, non-bank participants in bank-model programs will continue to face state licensing threats.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 7, 2022

In a blog post , the Bank Policy Institute called the CFPB spokesperson’s statement “unprofessional” for “demoniz[ing] commenters and dismiss[ing] their ideas out of hand” and failing to “recognize that people who work in a regulated industry are uniquely positioned to provide insights on the practical effects of a regulation.”

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American Banker

MARCH 27, 2020

Regulators are allowing banks that implemented the loan-loss standard to forestall any capital hits until 2022.

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Abrigo

MARCH 13, 2023

Historic collapse SVB is different from other financial institutions The FDIC closure and assumption of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the largest bank failure since 2008 – is a stark reminder that when a crisis occurs, it can spread as fast as a wildfire in dry fields with a strong wind. Well, we know now that is simply not the case.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 28, 2022

As the number and frequency of cyber attacks continue to grow, regulators have attempted to enhance cybersecurity protections via increased and more rigid incident reporting obligations, leading to a constantly shifting regulatory patchwork of varying disclosure and timing obligations.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

By Mary Thorson Wright In October 2022, President Biden announced a crackdown on so-called junk fees, including new steps that effectively ban banks from imposing disclosed overdraft fees. Bank regulators have issued guidance and expressed concerns about how banks administer overdraft programs and the fees that are charged to customers.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2021

The CFPB’s proposal would extend the effective date to January 29, 2022. In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator that oversees the panel of banks on whose submissions LIBOR is based, announced that it would discontinue LIBOR sometime after 2021. The comment period closed on August 4, 2020.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The hearing was held to discuss historical and ongoing discrimination in the financial services industry, and the roles of Congress and regulators in addressing these issues. The Senate Banking Committee recently held a hearing entitled, “Fairness in Financial Services: Racism and Discrimination in Banking.” The witnesses included: Ms.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 20, 2022

Other topics include the potential impact of the recent leadership turmoil at the FDIC and expectations for activity by state regulators and attorneys general. We also discuss the potential implications of the current CFPB’s interest in buy-now-pay-later and its inquiry into large technology companies that offer payment services.

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