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A federal district court recently granted the unopposed motion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to terminate their October 2021 consent order with Trustmark National Bank...more
On April 18, the FDIC announced that it amended its 2023 consent order against an insured state nonmember bank, as well as issued a new order for restitution and order to pay, concluding the bank recklessly engaged in unsafe...more
Recently, the FDIC ordered two affiliated state nonmember banks to each pay a $1,000,000 civil monetary penalty (orders here and here). These penalties resolve claims of unfair practices related to their rewards programs and...more
Recently, the FDIC released a list of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in May 2024. During that month, the FDIC made public 15 orders consisting of: a combined personal consent order and...more
On December 29, the FDIC released a list of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in November. The FDIC made 12 orders public including, “five consent orders, three prohibition orders, two...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently imposed its largest fine ever for consumer banking law violations. The agency’s action is a good reminder for other banks to review their own practices and may spawn...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has revised its civil money penalty (CMP) manual and will begin using the revised manual on January 1, 2023. The manual establishes general policies and procedures for the...more
On July 28, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Consent Order against a large bank (the Bank), claiming that the Bank created sales pressure on its employees that encouraged employees to...more
The hottest topic in banking this month is overdraft fees. On December 1, 2021, Capital One bank announced it would be eliminating all overdraft fees for consumer accounts, ending a practice that once netted the bank over...more
So much to say, so little time. Historically groundbreaking, a federal court in Madison, Wisconsin engaged in the most robust, methodical damages analysis under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, found in Title X of the...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more
EDITOR’S NOTE - In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more
The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Navy Federal Credit Union to settle allegations that the credit union engaged in unfair and deceptive collection practices in violation of the Consumer...more
In case you missed it, here is what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was up to over the last month: Enforcement Actions and Litigation - Enforcement Action Against First National Bank of Omaha - ...more
The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with First National Bank of Omaha to settle charges that the bank engaged in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the marketing and sale of...more
To commemorate its fifth anniversary, the CFPB released a series of “fact sheets” touting its initiatives. The “fact sheets” consist of the following: CFPB: By the numbers. The CFPB lists various statistics, such as...more
On September 24, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a joint action against Hudson City Savings Bank, F.S.B. (Hudson). The complaint alleges that Hudson...more
The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control continues to ramp up sanctions enforcement. Even with the likely relaxation of the Iran and Cuba sanctions, OFAC has been continuing its aggressive enforcement...more