Consumer Protection and Safety and Soundness Perspective of Credit Union Regulation - The Consumer Finance Podcast
On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Board of Directors approved a final rule that updates the FDIC’s regulations concerning Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C.§ 1829...more
On February 6, 2024, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Todd M. Harper spoke at a Brookings Institution event to outline his regulatory agenda and supervisory priorities for 2024. His prepared remarks...more
On January 23, the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released a letter outlining its supervisory priorities for the new year. While the organization acknowledged that the credit union system had...more
Over the last several years credit unions have sought to raise funds in the capital markets by issuing their Share Certificates through brokers or other intermediaries. Credit union shares have many of the same attributes of...more
Recently, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced it will reinstate assessing civil money penalties for credit unions that fail to submit a call report (NCUA Form 5300) in a timely manner. The call report...more
The proposed rule, if adopted, would apply to mortgage originators and issuers of mortgage-backed securitizations that rely on automated valuation models (“AVMs”) to determine the value of real estate collateral. The...more
On July 28, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)...more
Federally insured credit unions are now required to report a cyber incident to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board within 72 hours. This final rule was unanimously approved by the NCUA on February 17, 2023...more
The NCUA stated the new rule, which was approved on Feb. 16, 2023, aims to mitigate cyber incidents “that [lead] to a substantial loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a network or member information system...more
For a long time, federal credit unions (FCUs) have requested legislative changes to allow FCUs the ability to expel members who commit fraud or engage in violent or disruptive behavior. It took an act of Congress to get it...more
The National Credit Union Administration has published a final rule in the Federal Register that amend the NCUA’s general lending rule to provide federal credit unions (FCU) with a second option for offering “payday...more
On August 19, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) released Interim Guidance on Serving Hemp Businesses to federally insured credit unions on the developing federal law and regulation related to the hemp...more
On February 11, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and Countrywide (together, “the Banks“) filed suit against the National Credit Union Administration Board (“NCUA“) in its capacity as liquidating agent or conservator to six...more
The National Credit Union Administration has published a notice in the Federal Register proposing to amend the NCUA’s general lending rule to provide federal credit unions (FCU) with a second option for offering “payday...more
For the first time in my memory, the Congress passed a joint resolution to disapprove a final regulation of a federal agency—in this case the CFPB and the rule was related to arbitration clauses in contracts for consumer...more
Several federal agencies have issued reminders and requirements related to banking and credit services for borrowers affected by Hurricane Harvey. We previously reported on mortgage-related guidance issued by Fannie Mae,...more
The Fed wrapped up its Open Market Committee meeting yesterday without any change in interest rates but with an expression of confidence in the economy, despite Q1’s sub-1 percent growth figure (which it dubbed “transitory”)....more
The Volcker Rule Under the Trump Administration - The so-called Volcker Rule—named after Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board—was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more
At the NCUA’s October board meeting, senior staff of the NCUA submitted a briefing report (the “Report”) to the NCUA Board (the “Board”) on the issues concerning the use of supplemental capital by federally insured credit...more
On October 19, 2015, Barclays PLC and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC agreed to pay $325 million and $53 million, respectively, to settle claims brought by the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUA), as liquidating...more
Why it matters - One Colorado credit union is taking matters into its own hands after the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRB-KC) and the National Credit Union Association (NCUA) rejected the institution's...more
On July 20, 2015, Judge Scheindlin of United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied HSBC Bank USA, NA’s (“HSBC”) motion to dismiss claims brought by the National Credit Union Administration...more