Compliance into the Weeds: Settlement of OCC Charges for Wells Fargo Internal Auditors
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part Four — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: TD Bank Lessons Learned – The Penalty of Growth Restrictions
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What the Recent Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Corruption, Crime and Compliance : CFPB and OCC Hit Bank of America with $250 Million Penalty for Consumer Abuse Practices
CFPB's Section 1071 Final Rule (Part 3): Potential Problem Areas – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Crypto Enforcement Is Here, and Always Has Been
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
Guidepost in Motion: Banking on Crypto
Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 161-OCC Guidance on 3rd Party Risk Management
Episode 127 -- Deep Dive into the OCC Enforcement Action Against Wells Fargo CEO and Senior Executives
Dealing with an Unsolicited Offer - The Bank Account
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
The New Normal: Taking Responsibility for Your Vendors
The proposal aims to free up large bank balance sheets and promote US Treasury market intermediation, which the current regulations may hinder....more
On September 18, 2023, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly published and sought comments on a proposal to implement new, standardized capital...more
As we covered previously, on July 27, 2023, the U.S. prudential bank regulators (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”)...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (together, the “Agencies”) issued a proposed rule (the “LTD NPR”) to require large banks...more
Following the 2023 bank failures, the federal banking regulators (the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC) have signaled that they are seeking to develop more stringent bank regulatory requirements for larger banking...more
On July 27, the FDIC’s Board of Directors unveiled proposed interagency amendments to the regulatory capital requirements for the largest and most complex banks in the United States. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM),...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
In the face of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) and the U.S. federal banking agencies have announced several market and supervisory actions to address the sudden market stress...more
On October 30, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the agencies) jointly invited comment on a...more
On October 31, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has come out strongly against an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposal to grant national bank charters to financial technology (fintech)...more
Financial Industry Developments - CTFC Approves Re-Proposal of Position Limits Regulation - On December 5, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously approved to re-propose rules that...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (“OCC”), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Farm Credit Administration (“FCS”), and the Federal...more
For most of 2015, industry observers have predicted that depressed commodity prices will result in a surge in M&A activity among domestic exploration and production (E&P) companies, as well as a large number of bankruptcy...more
SEC Proposes to Amend Rules Governing Its Administrative Proceedings - On September 24, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed to amend rules governing its administrative proceedings. Key...more
In this issue: - SEC Publishes Rules for Reporting Security-Based Swaps - SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Companies’ Hedging Policies - CFTC Extends Relief From Certain OCR Requirements - NFA...more
On December 16, 2014, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”) (collectively, “Agencies”) issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) amending the...more
On July 15, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed (1) to revise the ratios and ratio thresholds for capital evaluations used in its risk-based deposit insurance assessment system (the FDIC stated this was...more
On July 9, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the Agencies) issued a joint notice of proposed...more
On June 11, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry told an interagency conference on minority depository institutions (MDI) and community development financial institutions that the Office of the Comptroller of the...more