On July 27, 2023, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment on a proposal (the Proposal) to implement the final components of the Basel III Capital Accords, often...more
8/4/2023
/ Banking Crisis ,
Banking Regulators ,
Banking Sector ,
Basel III ,
Capital Requirements ,
Comment Period ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Large Financial Institutions (LFIs) ,
OCC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Silicon Valley ,
Systemic Risk Buffer
What actions did the US government take on Sunday with respect to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank?
On Sunday, March 12, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, and the US Treasury Department announced that the US...more
3/15/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insolvency ,
Loans ,
Receivership ,
Relief Measures ,
Silicon Valley ,
U.S. Treasury
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
10/29/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Climate Change ,
Community Banks ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
ETFs ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSOC ,
Mutual Funds ,
OCC ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulation Z ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury
In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), in response to an increased number of inquiries and access requests from companies with fintech and other narrow purpose charters, invited...more
5/7/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
AMG Capital Management LLC v FTC ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cash Transactions ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
FTC Act ,
FTCA Section 13(b) ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Lenders ,
Loan Applications ,
Mergers ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Private Placements ,
Public Comment ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
SBA ,
SCOTUS ,
Title Insurance ,
Unregistered Securities
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert raising concerns about misleading Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures by investment firms; the...more
4/20/2021
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Comment Period ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fannie Mae ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Freddie Mac ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Public Comment ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supervisory Guidance
In This Issue. President Biden signed a bill extending the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) through May 31, 2021; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the rescission...more
4/2/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Capital Requirements ,
Causation ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dividends ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Ford Motor ,
Ford Motor Co. v Bandemer ,
Ford Motor Co. v Montana Eighth Judicial District Court ,
Jurisdiction ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Policy Statement ,
SBA ,
SCOTUS ,
Share Buybacks ,
Small Dollar Lenders ,
Stress Tests ,
Supervisory Guidance
In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more
2/26/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Board of Governors ,
Close-Ended Funds ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Rating Agencies ,
Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exclusions ,
Fair Value Standard ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Good Faith ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Internal Controls ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
No-Action Letters ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proxy Materials ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
1/7/2021
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cash Solicitation Rule ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation Z ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Safe Harbors ,
SAR ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Special Purpose Entities
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
12/17/2020
/ §314(b) ,
Banking Sector ,
Branch Offices ,
Brokered Deposits ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Historic Preservation ,
Information Sharing ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
MD&A Statements ,
NEPA ,
NHPA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Registered Funds ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more
11/12/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Blockchain ,
Board of Directors ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Debt Settlement Services ,
Disclosure ,
Diversity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Interest Rates ,
Joint Statements ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
New Guidance ,
New Rules ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
PayPal ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Shareholders ,
Small Dollar Lenders ,
Student Loans ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule ,
Title Insurance
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
11/5/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Formation ,
Climate Change ,
Confidential Information ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Offerings ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Registered Funds ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans ,
UDAAP
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more
10/29/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Amended Rules ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Depository Institutions ,
Derivatives ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Insured Depository Institutions ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Investors ,
ISDA ,
Military Service Members ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Statements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Travel Rule ,
True Lender ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more
10/22/2020
/ Asset Management ,
Auditor Independence ,
Audits ,
Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Brokers ,
Capital Rules ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Stimulus ,
FinCEN ,
Finders ,
Fund of Funds ,
Gifts ,
GSE ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Liquidity ,
Marketing Services Agreements ,
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) ,
OCC ,
Promotional Items ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulation X ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
RESPA ,
Robocalling ,
Rule 12d1-4 ,
Section 8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
TLAC ,
Trump Administration ,
UDAAP ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
SEC Charges Trust Company with Operating Unregistered Investment Companies and Failing to Register Securities Offerings. On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with...more
10/8/2020
/ Banking Regulators ,
Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Capital Requirements ,
Change of Ownership ,
Class Action ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) ,
Dividends ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Incentive Awards ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
New Rules ,
NYSE ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Comment ,
Relief Measures ,
Risk Management ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Approval ,
Shareholders ,
Small Banks ,
Small Business ,
Stock Repurchases ,
Stress Tests ,
Supervision ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Trust Funds ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Unregistered Securities
In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more
9/24/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Holding Company Act ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Borrowers ,
CD&I ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
CSBS ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hackers ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Lenders ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Money Transmitter ,
New Legislation ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Payment Processors ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins ,
Stress Tests ,
Underwriting
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
9/17/2020
/ Accredited Investors ,
Amended Rules ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crowdfunding ,
Data Collection ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Extensions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Flood Insurance ,
HUD ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investors ,
Leverage Ratio ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Relief Measures ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
Section 1071 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Time Extensions
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
8/14/2020
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Annual Reports ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Board of Governors ,
Borrowers ,
Business Development Companies ,
Capital Requirements ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Comment Period ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Excessive Fees ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Form N-1A ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) ,
Mutual Funds ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Comment ,
Registered Funds ,
Retail Investors ,
Rule 30e-3 ,
SBA ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Section 36(b) ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its proxy solicitation rules that will modify the practices of proxy advisory firms, providing them with greater transparency and...more
8/3/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Borrowers ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Confidential Supervisory Information ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Discrimination ,
Criminal Records ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Emergency Lending ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
FOIA ,
Form CRS ,
Freedom of Information ,
Lenders ,
Liquidation ,
Loan Applications ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Solicitations ,
Proxy Voting ,
SBA ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Virtual Currency
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a rule that would establish that a national bank or federal savings association is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the date of origination, the...more
7/23/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Board of Directors ,
Board of Governors ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Complaint Database ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Lenders ,
Loan Agreements ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Nonprofits ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulation Z ,
Request For Information
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its exemptive applications procedures under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) and proposed to amend Form 13F to...more
7/16/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FFIEC ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Form 13F ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Statements ,
Libor ,
Mortgage Escrow Account ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Dollar Lenders
In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more
7/6/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Eviction ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fees ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Flood Insurance ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
MNPI ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Removal For-Cause ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Seila Law LLC v Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ,
Separation of Powers ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Single Director ,
Tenants
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on several issues related to digital technology and innovation, as well as proposed...more
6/12/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Amended Rules ,
Banking Sector ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
E-Signatures ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Innovation ,
Libor ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (PPPFA) ,
Payday Loans ,
Public Comment ,
Restraining Orders ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “Madden fix,” establishing a rule that codifies the “valid when made” principle for nationally chartered banks; the Securities and Exchange...more
6/4/2020
/ Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Lenders ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
National Bank Act ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more
5/21/2020
/ Amended Rules ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CARES Act ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consolidated Audit Trail ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
CSBS ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Form CRS ,
Homeowners ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Mortgages ,
National Market System (NMS) ,
New Rules ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Comment ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulation Best Interest ,
Regulation D ,
Relief Measures ,
Robocalling ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Time-Barred Debt ,
Transparency
In This Issue. The Small Business Administration (SBA) provided guidance on a borrower’s good faith certification on the necessity of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan requests, announcing a safe harbor regarding this...more
5/14/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Certification Requirements ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deposit Insurance ,
ECOA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Good Faith ,
Loan Applications ,
Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF) ,
New Guidance ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ,
Policy Statement ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation B ,
Safe Harbors ,
SBA ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)