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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is close to finalizing revisions to regulations regarding Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to align them with the Fair Hiring in Banking Act (FHBA), which eased...more
On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law a bill pertaining to financial institutions which relaxes restrictions on hiring individuals with criminal records....more
On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 7776, the “James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023” (the “NDAA 2023”). What many may not yet realize is that Section 5705 of the NDAA...more
Included in the defense spending bill signed by President Biden in December 2022 is a section with key provisions for financial institutions that will ease restrictions on hiring candidates with criminal records....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 24, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final rule that codifies the FDIC’s Statement of Policy (SOP) related to Section 19 and makes several important changes to the SOP. The...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced on July 24 the approval of a final rule that will ease restrictions on banks’ hiring process for individuals with certain criminal offenses on their records. ...more
On July 24, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published a Final Rule regarding Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1829 (“Section 19”), which restricts hiring at FDIC-insured...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is accepting comments until March 16, 2020 on the proposed codification to the Statement of Policy for Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as well as...more
On November 1, 2018, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued modifications to its Statement of Policy (“SOP”) for applications made under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”). The...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently published its final rule on modifications to the Statement of Policy (SOP) for Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1829 (“Section 19”), which...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 3, 2018, the FDIC published its final rule on modifications to the Statement of Policy for Section 19 in an attempt to reduce the number of low risk criminal offenses that result in preclusion of...more