In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will reconsider its controversial June 2020 final rule revising its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules, and published its Semiannual...more
5/21/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
FDIC ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Risk Management ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
In this Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was opening the application process for the Emergency Capital Investment Program, a new program designed to provide long-term, low-cost equity and...more
3/12/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Investments ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Financing ,
Depository Institutions ,
Division of Investment Management ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gender Identity ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
U.S. Treasury
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
1/7/2021
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cash Solicitation Rule ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation Z ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Safe Harbors ,
SAR ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Special Purpose Entities
In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more
9/24/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Holding Company Act ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Borrowers ,
CD&I ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
CSBS ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hackers ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Lenders ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Money Transmitter ,
New Legislation ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Payment Processors ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins ,
Stress Tests ,
Underwriting
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more
5/21/2020
/ Amended Rules ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CARES Act ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consolidated Audit Trail ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
CSBS ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Form CRS ,
Homeowners ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Mortgages ,
National Market System (NMS) ,
New Rules ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Comment ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulation Best Interest ,
Regulation D ,
Relief Measures ,
Robocalling ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Time-Barred Debt ,
Transparency
Editor's Note -
No Rest for the Regulators. While many in the financial services industry used the last few weeks of August to enjoy additional time with family and friends before the back-to-school crunch, federal...more
9/13/2018
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Class Action ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Filing Fees ,
FinCEN ,
HMDA ,
Interest Rates ,
Liquidity Coverage Ratio ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Summary Judgment ,
Volcker Rule