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Trustmark Redlining Consent Order Terminated

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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

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Fed announces two enforcement actions against banks

On March 20, the Fed announced two enforcement actions against banks last month. On February 24, the Fed issued a civil money penalty order against a state member bank in Hawaii. That bank agreed to pay a $15,500 penalty for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC releases December 2024 enforcement actions

On January 31, the FDIC released a list of 18 administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in December 2024. The public orders comprised 14 stipulated orders and written agreements (and one...more

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National Bank Reaches Settlement with the CFPB for Alleged Credit Reporting Violations

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On September 11, 2024, the CFPB issued an administrative consent order against the Bank, alleging multiple violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), and the Furnisher...more

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FDIC issues May 2024 enforcement actions

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

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Actions vs. J.P. Morgan, Monolith Serve as SEC Compliance Check Reminders

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - December 2023 - I'm Dreaming of a Winter Solstice and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the December 2023 webinar....more

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CFPB Orders Regional Bank to Pay $6.2 Million Related to Checking Account Overdraft Fees

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On December 7, 2023, the CFPB issued an order against a regional bank in Richmond, Virginia. The consent order alleges that the bank charged consumers overdraft fees without getting the proper consent and misled its customers...more

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CFPB Fines Large National Bank for Withholding Credit Card Rewards, Charging Multiple Non-sufficient Fund Fees, and Opening...

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On July 11, 2023, the CFPB announced two consent orders against a large national bank, settling allegations that the bank illegally charged consumers multiple non-sufficient fund fees for the same transaction, withheld cash...more

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OCC reaches $17 million settlement with former executive over account openings

On March 15, the OCC announced a $17 million civil money penalty and prohibition order against a former senior executive who served as head of a national bank’s community banking division for her role in the bank’s incentive...more

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FDIC issues November enforcement actions

On December 30, the FDIC released a list of orders of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in November. The FDIC made public nine orders consisting of “two consent orders; two orders...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCC Revises Policies and Procedures for Civil Money Penalties

On November 29, the OCC released a revised Policies and Procedures Manual relating to the assessment of civil money penalties (“CMP Matrix”), which will be effective as of January 1, 2023. The CMP Matrix is a reference guide...more

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Government Announces First FCA Settlement with PPP Lender

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 12, the first-ever False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) lender. Prosperity Bank, a Texas-based regional bank, agreed to pay...more

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CFPB Fines Bank for Accessing Customer Credit Reports and Opening Accounts, Credit Cards, and Lines of Credit Without Customers’...

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​​​​​​​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

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OCC and FinCEN Issue $200 Million in Penalties for BSA-AML Violations

On March 17, the OCC and FinCEN issued civil monetary penalties against a federal savings bank for “willfully” failing to meet minimum compliance program requirements and shoddy suspicious transaction reporting. The consent...more

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OCC and FinCEN Issue $9 Million in Penalties for BSA-AML Violations

On December 16, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued civil monetary penalties against a Texas community bank for violations of the Bank...more

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Citigroup Fined $400 Million by Banking Regulators for Risk and Compliance Control Deficiencies

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Banking regulators, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, recently collected a $400 million civil penalty against Citigroup for long-standing deficiencies in its enterprise risk management,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - October 2020

Recent and significant regulatory and legislative events in the digital asset space demonstrate the evolving and expanding approach by U.S. and international regulators to the burgeoning digital asset markets. These...more

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Current Developments in Bank Deposits and Payment Systems (Spring 2020)

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This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. These include payments-related consent orders and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and...more

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Damages Under Dodd-Frank: Federal Court Awards CFPB $59 Million in Unprecedented Penalties and Restitution Analysis

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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

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Spoofing Enforcement Intensifies

U.S. regulators, in particular the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), are intently pursuing market manipulation enforcement. The September 30 end of the 2019 fiscal year brought with it a flurry of press releases...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Hospital to Pay Over $2 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

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DOJ News & Litigation Updates - ITT Cannon to Pay $11 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations - ITT Cannon (ITT), a division of ITT Inc., has agreed to pay $11 million to settle whistleblower claims that it supplied...more

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Current Developments in Bank Deposits and Payment Systems (Spring 2019)

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This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. The U.S. department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued new guidance concerning the customer...more

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Review of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Policy and Enforcement

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary - Developments and Trends in Policy and Enforcement - US Department of the Treasury - The Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network -...more

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Federal Reserve Board Fines National Bank $8.6 Million Civil Penalty for Mortgage Servicing Related Deficiencies, Ends Enforcement...

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On August 10, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (“Board of Governors”) announced that a national bank had consented to the assessment of a civil money penalty totaling $8.6 million pursuant to the Federal...more

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