On July 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency in a 50–45 vote. Gould will serve a five-year term and returns to the OCC, where he previously served as Chief Counsel and Senior...more
The Senate has confirmed Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency. Gould, who served as Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel at the OCC during President Trump’s first term, was confirmed 50-45. Every Democrat...more
By an exemption order dated June 27, 2025, federal prudential regulators have given banks and credit unions some welcomed flexibility when collecting an individual’s or entity’s taxpayer identification number (TIN) during...more
Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more
Financial institutions that are regulated and supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) should know that the OCC has recently updated its booklet on Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices (UDAP) and...more
On July 17, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu delivered prepared remarks before the Exchequer Club entitled “Size, Complexity, and Polarization in Banking.”...more
On August 29, at a Board Meeting for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu issued a statement supporting the insured depository institution (IDI) Resolution Plan Rule,...more
On July 18, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision Greg Coleman testified on OCC supervision of climate-related financial risks before the U.S. House of...more
FDIC Announces Special Assessments to Recover Losses from Recent Bank Failures The FDIC has issued a proposed rule that would impose special assessments to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (Fund) arising from...more
On February 16, the OCC released an updated version of the “Change in Bank Control” booklet of the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual. According to OCC Bulletin 2023-7, the revised licensing booklet—which outlines OCC policies...more
On February 7, the OCC released an updated version of the “Branch Closings” booklet of the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual. According to OCC Bulletin 2023-6, the revised licensing booklet, which outlines policies and...more
On January 2, the New York City (NYC) Comptroller, Brad Lander, the NYC Employees’ Retirement System, the NYC Teachers’ Retirement System, and the NYC Board of Education Retirement System, announced that they had submitted...more
The Acting Comptroller of the OCC discussed the limits of large bank manageability and the steps that regulators can take to address the risks posed by size and complexity. On January 17, 2023, Acting Comptroller of the...more
On January 19, the OCC announced an updated version of the “Branches and Relocations” booklet of the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual. According to Bulletin 2023-04, the revised booklet replaces booklet of the same title issued...more
October 11, 2022- The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a proposed framework for the international regulation of crypto-asset activities. The core components of this framework are proposals for:...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Financial Services- Hearing: Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Examining the Benefits and Risks of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency-...more
Major Developments- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio Quarterly Banking Profile: Insured Institutions Reported Net Income of $59.7 Billion in First Quarter 2022-...more
In the fourteen years since the 2008 financial crisis, significant actions have been taken by Federal banking agencies to make the largest financial institutions more resilient and less likely to fail and to require planning...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Michael Hsu, the acting chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, recently addressed his remarks to the Blockchain Association drawing similarities between the current growth of cryptocurrencies and...more
In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more
As part of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) declared effort to keep pace with a mounting demand for faster, cheaper, and more efficient payments, and the widespread adoption of new technologies, the...more
On November 5, 2020, the Federal Register published five federal financial regulatory agencies’ invitation for comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would codify the agencies’ Interagency Statement Clarifying...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...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