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Last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, “the Agencies”) issued a proposed rulemaking to both...more
In a significant shift, each of the country's three federal bank regulatory agencies have announced they will no longer consider reputational risk as a stand-alone supervisory category. Originally published in Law360 -...more
On July 14, the OCC announced it has removed the references to disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook and has started removing references in other issuances. The OCC has also...more
On June 27, the OCC, FDIC and NCUA, with the concurrence of FinCEN, granted an exemption allowing banks to use a third party source to obtain customer tax identification numbers (TIN) for customers before opening an account....more
On June 23, the Fed announced it will no longer include reputational risk as a component of its examination programs in its supervision of banks. This move will align the Fed with the OCC, which made a similar announcement in...more
The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it will eliminate reputational risk as a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks. ...more
The digital asset policy landscape developed on multiple fronts this week. The House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees voted to advance the CLARITY Act, a bipartisan proposal to establish a regulatory framework...more
On April 24, the Federal Reserve withdrew its prior guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token activities and also announced related changes to its expectations for these activities....more
The current administration has indicated an intention for the U.S. to be a leader in the cryptocurrency industry, as discussed in the recent webcast Bank Regulatory Agency Update Under DOGE: What Every Financial Institution...more
On May 8, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced its adoption of an interim final rule (IFR) that amends its 2024 final rule related to its regulations for business combinations involving national...more
The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") softened its stance on regulation of crypto activity by banking organizations by rescinding supervisory letters that created hurdles for crypto-asset activities and by joining the Office of...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC"), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, “the Agencies”) announced, that they intend to issue a proposal to...more
On March 28, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC jointly announced plans to rescind 2023 revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The agencies stated they would return to the previous regulatory framework...more
On March 28, the FDIC, the Fed, and the OCC announced their intention to issue a proposal to rescind the CRA final rule that was issued in October 2023 (covered by InfoBytes here). According to the prudential regulators, this...more
On March 28, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (together, the federal banking agencies) announced their intent to rescind the...more