On January 15, 2021, just weeks after the FDIC issued its final rule (the Rule) establishing requirements the parent entity of an industrial bank or industrial loan company (collectively, ILC) must meet for the ILC to have...more
Recently, the federal banking regulators issued four new sets of examination procedures. The OCC issued two significant examination booklets on sampling methodologies and UDAP/UDAAP, and the federal banking regulators,...more
8/4/2020
/ Banking Regulators ,
Banking Sector ,
CARES Act ,
Comptroller ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Examination Procedures ,
Financial Institutions ,
FRB ,
FTC Act ,
UDAAP ,
UDAP
On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. This is the second in a series of five blog posts about the final rule....more
6/26/2020
/ Banks ,
Community Development ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lending ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Performance Standards
The FDIC has extended by 30 days the comment period on its proposed rule setting forth the conditions it would impose and the commitments it would require to approve a deposit insurance application from an industrial bank or...more
The OCC has issued a final rule revising its regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The final rule applies to national banks and federal savings associations....more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions...more
The OCC and FDIC have issued a joint proposal to revise their regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC, are the primary CRA regulators, the Fed did not join...more
12/19/2019
/ Banks ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financing ,
Joint Policy Statements ,
Lending ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Rulemaking Process
On October 10, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, adopted a final rule to revise the...more
10/17/2019
/ Capital Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Foreign Banks ,
Liquidity ,
OCC ,
Prudential Standards ,
Risk-Based Approaches
The FDIC has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on its regulatory approach to brokered deposits and interest rate restrictions. ...more
Last week, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Representative Scott Tipton sent a letter to Jelena McWilliams,...more
The U.S. Senate on March 14 passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 67 to 31. Although the Act would not make the sweeping changes to the Dodd-Frank Act found...more
3/16/2018
/ Appraisal ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FIRREA ,
FSOC ,
HMDA ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Orderly Liquidation Authority ,
PACE ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Student Loans ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)