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
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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
President Donald Trump on Aug. 7, 2025, signed an executive order (EO or order) titled "Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans," which declares that no American should be denied access to financial services based on...more
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking Access for All Americans,” aimed at combatting “politicized or unlawful debanking.” Debanking generally refers to...more
On July 18, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a proposal to amend its Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations (Guidelines) to reinstate the Office of Supervisory Appeals...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
On August 7, President Donald Trump signed the “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” executive order (EO) directing federal banking regulators to investigate financial institutions that have restricted access to...more
The White House has issued an AI Action Plan that aims to position the United States as the leader in artificial intelligence ("AI"), as part of a broader pattern of boosting innovation and reducing regulatory burden, with...more
The President signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025’or ‘‘GENIUS Act of 2025’” (the Act) on July 18, 2025. The new law establishes a basis for regulators to permit a...more
President Donald J. Trump has signed into law the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025 or the GENIUS Act of 2025), establishing the first comprehensive federal framework for...more
Key Takeaways: The OCC has removed references to “disparate impact” from its Fair Lending Handbook, consistent with the broader shift in federal enforcement philosophy under the current administration....more
Today, President Donald Trump signs into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the “GENIUS Act”), establishing the first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins in the...more
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 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) has formally revised its fair lending examination procedures, announcing in Bulletin 2025-16, issued on July 14, 2025, that it has eliminated all references to disparate...more
On July 15, the OCC announced that Jonathan V. Gould has taken office as the 32nd comptroller of the currency, following his nomination by President Donald J. Trump on February 11 and confirmation by the U.S. Senate on July...more
On July 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Bulletin 2025-16, announcing the removal of references to disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook and...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
On June 23, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), penned a letter raising concerns over reports that the Fed, the FDIC, and the OCC intended to...more
On June 20, President Trump signed into law S.J. Res. 13, which of the final rule submitted by the OCC titled “Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act.” As previously covered by InfoBytes, the OCC approved a final...more
In January 2025, the new Trump administration issued Executive Order 14173, which ordered all executive departments and agencies to, among other things, end federal “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs and to use...more
On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued Interpretative Letter 1184 (“IL 1184”) confirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody...more
The OCC is restoring its former practices and policies under the Bank Merger Act to reinstate expedited merger reviews and streamlined business combination applications....more
On March 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve capitalized by Government BTC and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile capitalized by other crypto assets. Creating the Strategic...more
Hi, thanks so much for joining us. I’m Samantha Kirby, chair of financial services here at Goodwin, and today, we’re going to talk to you about what we’re watching with respect to the bank regulatory agencies and the Consumer...more
With the change of presidential administrations in January, there has been a significant shift in the landscape for financial technology companies in the United States for 2025 and beyond. First, the new administration...more
Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
Federal banking regulators are rapidly rewriting the playbook. In the early months of the second Trump administration, sweeping shifts in policy and supervisory priorities are already taking shape. One of the most...more