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Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Crypto Enforcement Is Here, and Always Has Been
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
Guidepost in Motion: Banking on Crypto
Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 161-OCC Guidance on 3rd Party Risk Management
Episode 127 -- Deep Dive into the OCC Enforcement Action Against Wells Fargo CEO and Senior Executives
Dealing with an Unsolicited Offer - The Bank Account
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
The New Normal: Taking Responsibility for Your Vendors
On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued Interpretative Letter 1184 (“IL 1184”) confirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody...more
On May 7, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1184, reaffirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody and execution services, including through sub-custodians. The OCC...more
On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued a follow up to its July 2020 Interpretative Letter 1170, which allowed national banks to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers....more
The federal banking regulators have each recently adopted a more permissive approach to the regulation of cryptocurrency activities within the banking sector. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal...more
On April 24, the FDIC and the Fed announced they have retracted two joint statements concerning banking organizations’ activities related to crypto-assets. According to the agencies, this move aims to clarify that banking...more
The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") softened its stance on regulation of crypto activity by banking organizations by rescinding supervisory letters that created hurdles for crypto-asset activities and by joining the Office of...more
The OCC has removed “reputational risk” from its handbooks and guidance and the FDIC is moving to do the same. ...more
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
The FDIC has rescinded an earlier Financial Institution Letter establishing a prior notification requirement for FDIC-supervised institutions that wish to engage in specified crypto-related activities and has clarified that...more
Last Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the rescission of Financial Institution Letter (FIL-16-2022) and issued new guidance clarifying the process for FDIC-supervised institutions to engage in...more
On March 20, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will no longer examine its regulated institutions for reputation risk. According to the OCC’s “Categories of Risk,” reputation risk is the...more
With the amount of commercial real estate loans scheduled for maturity over the next several years expected to increase significantly, there is accompanying heightened risk that some borrowers may be unable to replace their...more
On October 21, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized revisions to its Guidelines Establishing Standards for Recovery Planning by Certain Large Insured National Banks, Insured Federal Savings...more
The CFPB has approved a final rule that requires banks and certain other financial services providers to share a consumer’s personal financial data with another provider at the consumer’s request. The CFPB’s Personal...more
OCC-supervised institutions with $100 billion or more in average total consolidated assets must be adequately prepared to mitigate severe financial and non-financial risks. ...more
It is no secret that the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the OCC have zeroed in on banks' use of third parties for products, services, and other operations, the risks those arrangements may pose, and banks' responsibility to...more
As February already begins to wind down and all of us are wondering what we might have missed so far this year, here is a round-up of additional regulatory activities in financial services...more
On August 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued guidance on the applicability of the legal lending limit (LLL) to purchased loans. This guidance applies to community banks’ purchases of loans. In...more
On June 6, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued final joint guidance addressing bank management of...more
The federal banking agencies have published new guidance to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies. The new...more
On June 6, 2023, federal banking agencies issued final Interagency Guidelines on Third-Party Relationships detailing their expectations for banks in establishing risk management practices with third-parties—including...more
Regulatory Developments - Overdraft Protection Programs: Risk Management Practices - On April 26, the OCC issued guidance in OCC Bulletin 2013-12, “Overdraft Protection Programs: Risk Management Practices,” to...more
Last week, just after we went to press, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) released its Bank Supervision Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2023. The Operating Plan sets out the OCC’s supervision...more
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), an interagency body of leading financial regulators, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,...more
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