Opinions

There are new regulations to address, but many requirements streamline current AML practices, says Mark Srere, an attorney at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

One official at the bureau said this fall could be an “unusual point in history” for the mortgage market as delinquent borrowers exit forbearance plans. The agency proposed new steps for servicers to help consumers stay in their homes.

Regulators are likely to scrap the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s divisive rule and instead pursue an interagency framework. But stakeholders commenting on a Federal Reserve draft plan say several aspects of the OCC regulation are worth keeping.

Proposed legislation would amend language in the Federal Credit Union Act to make it easier for credit unions to expel disruptive or abusive members.

Harper is only the third member of the National Credit Union Administration board to chair the council. Blake Paulson, acting comptroller of the currency, has been appointed vice chairman.

The Federal Reserve has the authority to lend to nonbanks in an emergency, and it isn't afraid to use it. But is that authority too broad — or too narrow?

The $6.4 million-asset institution was placed in conservatorship in January and is the first credit union to be liquidated this year.

The agency announced it was rescinding seven policy statements issued last year meant to help companies combat fallout from COVID-19 but that the bureau's current chief said came at the expense of consumers.

In an enforcement action that could have reverberations across the sector, the Fed imposed tough penalties on a pair of Wyoming bankers who took confidential information to their new employer.

The full Senate could deadlock on Rohit Chopra’s nomination as the Banking Committee did. If that happens, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to cast the decisive vote in his favor.