A group of federal agencies have finalized reconsideration of value (ROV) guidance for residential real estate valuations. The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...more
ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more
In Short - The Background: As voluntary carbon credits ("VCCs") have grown in popularity, questions about their integrity and quality have arisen for investors and among regulators and lawmakers. For this reason, many have...more
On October 3, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved proposed guidelines establishing standards for corporate governance and risk management for covered institutions with total assets of $10 billion...more
On June 8, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and Office of...more
On May 9, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS or the Department) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris issued proposed guidance to clarify the DFS’s updated expectations regarding the review and assessment of the...more
Financial technology companies (fintechs) and other third parties in bank partnerships are routinely subject to scrutiny by their banking partner customers. The Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
On May 9, NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris released proposed guidance for banking organizations and non-depository financial institutions chartered or licensed under the New York Banking Law concerning the Department’s...more
On 2 December 2022, Luxembourg’s supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published an FAQ that seeks to clarify certain items under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation...more
Recently, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) proposed principles for climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions. The proposed guidance is open for comment until 60 days after publication in the...more
On March 8, the Federal Register published the Federal Reserve Board’s supplemental notice and request for comment on updates to its proposed guidelines for Federal Reserve Banks to utilize in evaluating requests for access...more
As highlighted previously, three federal banking agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) recently issued proposed risk management...more
President Biden Issues an Executive Order on Competition with Implications for Financial Institutions - On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The...more
On July 13, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC proposed risk management guidance to help banking organizations manage risks related to third-party relationships, including relationships with vendors, FinTech companies,...more
The Situation: On June 3, 2020, the European Securities Market Authority ("ESMA") published a consultation paper on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers ("Proposed Guidelines"), which will apply to any institution under the...more
The US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued proposed guidance for comment that would clarify supervisory expectations related to risk management for large financial institutions. This proposed guidance...more
Yesterday the Fed published a proposed guidance document for its expectations for board of directors of banks. The release only applies to the boards of banks with over $50 billion in consolidated assets, but the intent of...more
On July 29, 2016, the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a proposal regarding third-party lending guidance (“Proposed Guidance”) as part of a package of materials designed to...more