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Join top CRA experts Dr. Ken Thomas, Len Suzio and Dean Stockford for a wide ranging discussion on the Community Reinvestment Act....more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) has formally revised its fair lending examination procedures, announcing in Bulletin 2025-16, issued on July 14, 2025, that it has eliminated all references to disparate...more
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a memo to staff outlining its new supervision and enforcement priorities for 2025....more
“Fair access” banking laws, at the epicenter of the debates between ESG and “anti-woke” regulation and federal/state preemption, may see a resurgence under the incoming administration. In recent years, the landscape of...more
No sooner had President elect Trump’s win been announced that speculation began about the implications for bank regulations. “Trump Administration may upend banking industry,” proclaimed a headline in USA Today, while Yahoo...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Committee on Bank Supervision sets the agency’s supervision objectives and priorities. On October 1, the Committee released the OCC’s Bank Supervision Operating Plan (the...more
Many bankers hear the term “Statistical Significance” but don’t know what it means and how it is relevant to potential fair lending violations. Typically, when an examiner is evaluating if a bank is redlining, they will...more
On March 28, the FDIC released the spring edition of its consumer compliance supervisory highlights. The FDIC supervises approximately 3,000 state-chartered banks and thrifts that are not members of the Federal Reserve...more
On December 21, 2023, NYDFS released guidance for managing significant financial and operational risks associated with climate change for New York State-regulated banking and mortgage institutions. The guidance emphasized the...more
On April 5, the FDIC released the March 2023 edition of the Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights, which is intended to “enhance transparency regarding the FDIC’s consumer compliance supervisory activities and to provide...more
Legislation introduced on September 15, 2022 by Maxine Waters (D-Cal.), chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, would significantly revise the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), adding a number of new substantive...more
Bite #10 - The CFPB provided Spanish-language disclosures. To help financial institutions better support Spanish-speaking communities, the CFPB unveiled Spanish translations of the following federal model disclosures:...more
Please join us for the annual Nelson Mullins Financial Services Conference, which will feature a lineup of national speakers on the future of financial services....more
On March 31, 2022, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued the March 2022 edition of its Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights. The publication provides a high-level overview of consumer compliance issues...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) joined other federal agencies in announcing an increased focus on fair lending issues. On October 22, 2021, DOJ announced a new initiative to crack down on “modern-day” redlining. DOJ is...more
The CFPB and DOJ, in cooperation with the OCC, filed a complaint and proposed consent order last week in the Western District of Tennessee against a national bank alleging that the bank violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA),...more
On June 29, NYDFS announced that two New York-charted banks engaging in indirect auto lending will pay civil money penalties for violating New York’s fair lending law for engaging in practices that resulted in members of...more
The Situation: The New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") has established a Statewide Office of Financial Inclusion and Empowerment, providing yet another example of state and federal regulators prioritizing fair...more
On July 28, 2020, the CFPB issued a request for information (“RFI”) seeking public input on how best to create a regulatory environment that expands access to credit and ensures consumers and communities are protected from...more
The CFPB has issued its Spring 2020 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period September 30, 2019 through March 31, 2020. The report represents the CFPB’s fourth semi-annual report under Director Kraninger’s...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule that would establish a revised framework for the fair value determination for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and have...more
In May 2017, we blogged about press reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had accepted a request from Senator Patrick Toomey for a determination concerning whether the CFPB Bulletin 2013-02, titled “Indirect...more
On July 7, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) released its Semiannual Risk Perspective report (the “Report”) identifying the risks faced by national banks and federal savings associations in the ...more
The CFPB has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to collect data that will shed light on how small businesses engage with financial institutions, with a particular focus on women-owned and minority-owned small businesses....more
The CFPB will hold a field hearing on small business lending in Los Angeles, CA on May 10, 2017. The announcement, which took the form of a posting on the events page of the CFPB’s website, contains only the usual statement...more