Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
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Regulators are directed to avoid reputation risk, identify banks that have engaged in unlawful debanking, and take appropriate remedial actions. ...more
Over the past few years, one of the more noteworthy types of new financial services rules at the state level has been the so-called fair access to banking law. Concerns about ideological debanking have gained political...more
- What is new: President Trump has signed an executive order targeting “debanking.” - Why it matters: The executive order represents a significant escalation and increased enforcement risk to financial institutions due to...more
On 10 July 2025, the UK raised the threshold below which certain regulated firms can perform acts that would otherwise constitute a money laundering offence. The new threshold is £3,000. This is the second rise in the...more
President Trump has issued an Executive Order directing banking agencies to adopt policies to ensure that financial institutions do not use reputational risk as a basis for restricting access to banking services—a process...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC) final response to the 2024 review of the Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SII) buffer framework. This follows the March consultation,...more
Fifteen years ago, in the shadow of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress adopted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), the most significant change to financial regulation since the...more
On August 5, the FDIC released its list of state nonmember banks evaluated for CRA compliance, covering ratings assigned in May 2025. The FDIC released the ratings of 69 institutions, with 63 receiving a satisfactory rating,...more
On August 5, the Fed and FDIC released the public sections of 2025 resolution plans for the eight largest and most complex domestic banking organizations and 56 foreign banking organizations. The plans, as required by the...more
TABLE OF CONTENTS: • President Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law • Joint Statement on Crypto Risk Management • Federal Agencies Propose Rescission of the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule • FDIC Seeks Input...more
On July 18, 2025, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovations for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”) was signed into law by President Trump. The GENIUS Act is the first federal legislation regulating cryptocurrency...more
The European Commission has published a targeted consultation, accompanied by a press release, on a draft communication regarding the prudential treatment of equity investments by banks under legislative programmes in Article...more
On August 5, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued FIL-39-2025 to state that an FDIC-supervised institution can use pre-populated customer information to satisfy the requirements of the Customer...more
In a significant ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a consumer’s state law claims against a federal credit union on federal preemption grounds. The putative class action...more
In July 2025, a bipartisan coalition of 32 state and territorial attorneys general (AG) sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act. Their letter...more
Recently, the Fed published a research note examining the rise of Pay-by-Bank as a payment solution for consumers, focusing on its adoption at the point of sale as an alternative to cash or credit payment options. The note...more
New and significant prohibitions against financial transactions between U.S. financial institutions and three Mexican financial institutions are set to go into effect in a little over a month on September 4, 2025. In late...more
On July 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the Department of Justice’s motion to terminate a consent order requiring a Pennsylvania bank to implement a five-year fair lending...more
Banking agencies and the DOJ have signaled an openness to bank M&A where the combined institutions will enhance competition, customer benefits, technological innovation, and enterprise risk management....more
Join top CRA experts Dr. Ken Thomas, Len Suzio and Dean Stockford for a wide ranging discussion on the Community Reinvestment Act....more
The recent Orders issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 25, 2025, designating CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector as institutions of primary money laundering concern,...more
The FDIC is proposing to replace its Supervision Appeals Review Committee (SARC) with an independent, standalone office, known as the Office of Supervisory Appeals (OSA). Under the proposal, the OSA would be the final level...more
Directive 2024/1619 (CRD VI) will (among other things) establish a new and more prescriptive EU regulatory regime for EU branches of non-EU banks. New harmonised licencing, authorisation, capital, liquidity, booking, and...more
According to a recent press release, a major U.S. bank has entered into a strategic partnership with the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange platform. This collaboration reportedly aims to expand access to secure digital...more
A federal judge has rejected the Trump Administration’s request to release from court supervision a bank that had been accused of discriminatory lending....more