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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Webinar] Top 5 Game-Changing Regulatory Shifts Impacting Financial Compliance and Board Accountability - September 24th, 1:00 pm...

Don’t miss this complimentary webinar spotlighting the five most pressing regulatory developments reshaping compliance in Canada’s financial sector. From board-level liability, to shifting enforcement priorities, get up to...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: April 2025

The Federal Reserve has announced multiple decisions to rescind existing requirements for crypto-asset activities. The April 24 announcement included the rescission of a 2022 supervisory letter that required state member...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OCC, FDIC eliminating ‘reputational risk’ from supervision, examinations

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The OCC has removed “reputational risk” from its handbooks and guidance and the FDIC is moving to do the same. ...more

Cooley LLP

Slimmed-Down CFPB to Focus on Bank Oversight, Concrete Consumer Harm

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On April 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent an internal memorandum to CFPB staff describing its 2025 supervisory and enforcement priorities. Not surprisingly, the memo highlights its intended departure...more

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CFPB and OCC Signal Strategic Shifts in Supervision and Enforcement

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In April 2025, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced significant changes to their supervisory and enforcement approaches, signaling a shift in...more

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CFPB is Proceeding with Some of Its Enforcement Actions, But Most Are Now Stayed or Dismissed

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Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) voluntarily dismissed a slew of its own enforcement actions following Rohit Chopra’s removal as CFPB Director on January 31, 2025, the Bureau has...more

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Supervisory Experience and Enforcement Actions Continue to Drive Supervisory Priorities and Policy Development

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This article identifies themes we have observed in recent public formal enforcement actions issued to institutions by the US federal bank regulatory agencies (Agencies) — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System...more

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CFPB and European Commission Release Report Regarding “Critical” Priority Areas for Consumer Financial Protection Issues

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In April 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and the Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission (European Commission) announced that three meetings had been...more

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The CFPB’s Next Target in its War on “Junk Fees”: Overdraft Fees

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Earlier in January 2024, the CFPB continued its crackdown on what it decries as “junk fees,” releasing a Proposed Rule to curb overdraft fees. The Proposed Rule could have a significant effect on the nature, availability, and...more

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All Things Seen and Unseen: Bank Supervision and Enforcement After the Spring 2023 Bank Failures

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Besides being a shock to the market, the 2023 bank failures caused many to ask whether the federal banking agencies had done enough to prevent them. Precisely what the agencies should have done, or should do moving forward,...more

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FCA’s thinly veiled warning to challenger and traditional retail banks over financial crime risk

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On 22 April 2022, the FCA published the findings of its review of financial crime controls at six relatively new and primarily digital challenger banks that all offer similar products to traditional retail banks. These six...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: March 2022

CFPB Announces Intention to Expand Enforcement Against Unfair Discrimination - The CFPB has published an updated examination manual for evaluating unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices (“UDAAPs”), which explains...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Biden Executive Order and Policy Shifts Herald Era of Expanded Antitrust Enforcement - Japanese Version

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バイデン政権による競争法の執行強化により、過去の合併の見直しや、新たな報告義務の追 加、テクノロジー、ヘルスケア及び銀行分野など広い範囲の執行などの可能性が生じていま す。 ホワイトハウスは7月9日(金)、包括的な大統領令において独占禁止法上の優先項目を発表しました。 これはバイデン政権が特定した、過去40年間の独占禁止法運用の不備に対処するためのもので、7月12日...more

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The FCA’s new “game plan” - What do banks need to know about the FCA Business Plan for 2021/22?

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Yesterday the FCA published its eagerly-awaited Business Plan for 2021/22 (the “Plan”), its publication having been delayed from April due to the pandemic and it being Nikhil Rathi’s first business plan since he was appointed...more

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FinCEN Publishes No-Action Letter Analysis and AML/CFT National Priorities

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has continued a spate of regulatory activity related to financial crimes compliance matters in the first year of the Biden Administration, recapped in its recent report...more

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Biden Executive Order and Policy Shifts Herald Era of Expanded Antitrust Enforcement

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Administration signals greater competition enforcement that could imperil past mergers, impose new reporting obligations, and broadly targets technology, healthcare, and banking sectors. The White House announced its...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FinCEN on fire: Rapid release of AML Act updates

On June 30, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) provided an update on implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) and issued the first government-wide priorities for anti-money...more

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FinCEN Announces National AML/CFT Policy Priorities

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 30, 2021, issued national priorities for anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policy (the Priorities), as required by the...more

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