In This Issue. The federal bank regulators published frequently asked questions concerning the London Interbank Offered Rate transition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirmed an effective date for two...more
8/6/2021
/ Annual Meeting ,
Banking Sector ,
Breach of Duty ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Rules ,
Comment Period ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtors ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FedNow ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Firms ,
Investors ,
Libor ,
OCC ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 36(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In This Issue. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer charge lenders the Adverse Market Refinance Fee; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking...more
7/30/2021
/ Adverse Market Refinance Fees ,
Banking Sector ,
Board of Governors ,
Borrowers ,
Comment Period ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
CRA ,
Delinquent Borrowers ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Fannie Mae ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity ,
Money Market Funds ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In This Issue. The House of Representatives voted to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “true lender” rule; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
7/28/2021
/ AML/CFT ,
Annual Reports ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Borrowers ,
BSA/AML ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Community Development ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Distressed Properties ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
No-Action Letters ,
OCC ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Regulation X ,
Repeal ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
True Lender ,
Underserved Locations
In This Issue. Several federal financial regulatory agencies updated their Spring 2021 regulatory agendas; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intention to restart Military Lending Act examinations;...more
7/27/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Military Lending Act ,
Phishing Scams ,
Policy Statement ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wire Fraud
In This Issue. President Biden signed an executive order addressing climate-related financial risks; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule applicable to national banks and federal savings...more
5/27/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Call Reports ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
FDIC ,
Federal Insurance Office ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSOC ,
Governor Baker ,
Investment Funds ,
Masks ,
OCC ,
Proxy Voting ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Secretary of the Treasury
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will reconsider its controversial June 2020 final rule revising its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules, and published its Semiannual...more
5/21/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
FDIC ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information ,
Risk Management ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)
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. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued to be active under its new leadership this week, warning mortgage servicers to prepare now for an anticipated surge of homeowners needing assistance...more
4/8/2021
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Borrowers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Debt Collection ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
FDIC ,
FinCEN ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowners ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
Mortgages ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Random or Sequential Number Generator ,
Regulation X ,
Robocalling ,
SCOTUS ,
TCPA
In this Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was opening the application process for the Emergency Capital Investment Program, a new program designed to provide long-term, low-cost equity and...more
3/12/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Capital Investments ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Financing ,
Depository Institutions ,
Division of Investment Management ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gender Identity ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Small Business ,
U.S. Treasury
In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more
1/29/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Borrowers ,
Carried Interest ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Debt Relief ,
Debtors ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Access to Credit ,
FDIC ,
Fees ,
Final Report ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Lenders ,
Misrepresentation ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
New Rules ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Ripple ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Student Loans ,
Supervisory Guidance ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Unlawful Practices ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
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 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
11/30/2020
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Comment Period ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Buyers ,
Debt Collection ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Due Diligence ,
Fannie Mae ,
FDIC ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Adviser ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Freddie Mac ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
MD&A Statements ,
Mutual Funds ,
Nonprofits ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulation M ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-T ,
Regulation Z ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Student Loans ,
Supervisory Guidance
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
In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more
8/28/2020
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Best Practices ,
CARD Act ,
Carried Interest ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Discrimination ,
Delays ,
Depository Institutions ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fannie Mae ,
FDIC ,
Federal Deposit Insurance Act ,
Fees ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Freddie Mac ,
GSE ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Joint Statements ,
Libor ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Loans ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Policy Statement ,
Predatory Lending ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Refinancing ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SBA ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans
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 Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
6/26/2020
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Banking Sector ,
Board Meetings ,
Borrowers ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Credit Unions ,
CSBS ,
Debt Relief ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Eviction ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowners ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Investment Adviser ,
Joint Statements ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF) ,
Mortgages ,
Municipal Advisers ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility (PPPLF) ,
Pilot Programs ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Relief Measures ,
Risk Alert ,
SBA ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Meetings
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 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)
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a policy statement outlining framework that the CFPB will immediately begin to apply in matters of supervision and enforcement regarding the “abusive”...more
1/31/2020
/ Abusive Acts ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Currency ,
FDIC ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
MD&A Statements ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK