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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Treasury issues final rule to eliminate several regulations

On April 15, the Treasury issued a direct final rule to eliminate several regulations or portions of regulations it deemed unnecessary in response to an Executive Order 14219 directing agencies to pursue deregulation. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB memo outlines supervision and enforcement agendas under new administration

On April 16, the CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer, Mark Paoletta, issued a memo outlining the CFPB’s 2025 supervision and enforcement priorities, explaining that the CFPB intends to focus resources towards threats to service...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC announces changes to its organizational structure

On April 16, the OCC announced several changes to its organizational structure to align its supervisory approach to the agency’s priorities. The OCC announced the combination of the Midsize and Community Bank Supervision and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC updates electronic communication procedures for supervisory correspondence

On April 15, the FDIC announced updated guidance on sending official correspondence related to supervisory matters. The FDIC’s guidance made permanent those temporary, previous measures for electronically sending and...more

A&O Shearman

UK Financial Stability in Focus report: AI in the financial system

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The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Stability in Focus report on AI in the UK financial system. The FPC considers the potential benefits of AI with its growing...more

Patomak Global Partners

FDIC Highlights Policy Priorities Impacting FinTechs and Large Banks

In April 2025, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chairman Travis Hill announced that the FDIC is focused on four key policy areas: de novo bank formation, digital assets and blockchain activities, resolution...more

Hogan Lovells

UK: “Duty of retrieval” rejected: why banks do not owe a duty to recover funds lost through APP fraud

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Banking fraud of all types is an ever increasing problem in today’s society, and takes a multitude of forms. On a basic level, frauds can be divided into two types. Unauthorised fraud, where the victim does not provide...more

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CFPB rescinds enforcement, supervisory priority documents, outlines new priorities for 2025

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The CFPB is rescinding its existing enforcement and supervision priority documents, according to a memo sent to bureau staff by CFPB Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta....more

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AGs Urge Congress to Keep CFPB Rule Limiting Overdraft Fees

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs and Hawaii’s Office of Consumer Protection sent a letter to U.S. House of Representatives leaders urging them to vote against House Joint Resolution 59, which would overturn the CFPB’s 2024 Rule...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

U.S. Banks Quarterly Survey - April 2025

LEVEL-SETTING - The banking industry finds itself in the early stages of a transformation. Existing balance sheets have been shaped by more than a decade of low interest rates that fueled asset appreciation, muted...more

Hogan Lovells

Consumer Duty: UK FCA finds no room for complacency in firms’ treatment of customers in vulnerable circumstances involving...

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Outcomes testing and monitoring under the Consumer Duty, and senior management engagement with these areas, remain key focus areas for the FCA. Whilst the review in question focuses specifically on the treatment of customers...more

A&O Shearman

UK bankers' remuneration reform: proposed relaxation of deferral and retention rules in focus

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PRA and FCA proposals to simplify bankers’ remuneration rules would relax certain key restrictions on bankers’ variable pay, giving banks more flexibility in remuneration design and improving their recruitment potential....more

GeoDataVision

Potential Improvements for CRA (Part 4a of 4)

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In the previous 3 articles of this 4-part series I identified and explained three types of fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule: 1. The unreliable and sometimes misleading performance ratings based on unrealistic assessment...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The More You Know Can Hurt You: Court Rules Financial Institutions Need 'Actual Knowledge' of Mismatches for ACH Scam Liability

On March 26, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision that has important ramifications for banks and credit unions that process millions of Automated Clearing House (ACH) and Electronic Funds Transfer...more

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EBA 2024 reports: Market and credit risk benchmarking exercises

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its 2024 Reports on the annual market and credit risk benchmarking exercises. Both reports are mandated by Article 78 of the Capital Requirements Directive to assist...more

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EBA peer review report on the performance of stress tests by deposit guarantee schemes

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a report on the findings of a peer review of the performance of stress tests by deposit guarantee schemes (DGS). The aim of the peer review was to assess the performance of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Reg Reform Update – Financial Regulations To Be Clarified or Repealed

While tariff policy has captured headlines, four recent regulatory reform policy developments are nevertheless significant for the financial services industry. These developments are tied to increasing presidential control...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

[Event] Blockchain Symposium - April 30th, New York, NY

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The Symposium will cover topics including: - What are the tax and accounting structuring, compliance and enforcement considerations when tokenizing assets? - Onboarding private fund processes on-chain, where are we...more

Hogan Lovells

The European Accessibility Act: What should financial services firms be focusing on as the June 2025 compliance deadline...

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There are over 80 million people with disabilities in the EU. The European Accessibility Act 2019 (EAA) (Directive (EU) 2019/882) implements the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and aims at...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - May 12th - 14th, New York, NY

Meet key stakeholders in Banking, FinTech, and broader payment systems next month at ACI’s 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems. Gain valuable insights from these industry...more

Alston & Bird

Federal Banking Agencies Announce Intent to Rescind 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule and Return to Prior Framework

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What Happened? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), (collectively, “federal...more

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OCC Clarifies Crypto-Asset Guidance

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) have both recently taken actions and issued statements that indicate a more permissive bank regulatory approach to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas Introduces Legislation to Regulate Sales-Based Commercial Financing

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Last month, the Texas legislature introduced two companion bills, S.B. No. 2677 and H.B. No. 700, to regulate sales-based commercial financing. For purposes of the proposed legislation, sales-based financing is a transaction...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC releases January 2025 CRA evaluations

On April 4, the FDIC released an updated list of state nonmember banks evaluated for compliance with the CRA during January 2025. The CRA mandates that the FDIC assess how well banks meet the credit needs of their entire...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fed’s Barr speaks on fintech-bank partnerships, generative AI

On April 4, Fed Governor Michael S. Barr spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco about how banks and fintech companies can work together to accelerate the adoption of generative AI in financial services....more

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