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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
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The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
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Welcome to the Fintech chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB is expected to finalize rulemaking authorizing supervision of payment application...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to payments, along with some additional related information....more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Invites Public Comment on Proposed Principles for Large Banking Organizations to Manage Climate-Related Financial Risks - On December 2, the Federal Reserve announced that it...more
Dem Senators Urge CFPB Focus on P2P Payment Platforms - A group of Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to take a harder look at peer-to-peer (P2P)...more
Welcome to the Financial Services Report, holiday style! Banks and non-banks alike started early this year with additions and changes to their regulator stockings. The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as the new CFPB Director....more
On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) - along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) - published the Report on...more
In This Issue. The Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a report acknowledging climate change as threat to financial stability; Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman advocates for...more
On June 25, 2020, Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) intends to introduce the first in a series of at least two national bank charters for payments...more
Brian Brooks, Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) said on Monday that he believes the OCC should investigate the viability and utility of a non-depository payments charter: “One of...more
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
The FDIC and OCC have issued new guidance for banks on heightened cybersecurity risks facing the financial services industry because of increased geopolitical tensions and threats of aggression. The guidance published on...more
Federal Reserve Announces Plan for Real-Time Payment and Settlement Service - The Federal Reserve has announced that the Federal Reserve Banks will develop a new real-time gross settlement service with integrated clearing...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more