Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Just a day after the Dodd-Frank Act's fifth anniversary, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby launched a new attempt to make significant changes to the law, attaching his regulatory relief bill to legislation that would provide funding for financial services agencies.
July 22 -
Despite recent changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council's systemically risky designation process, Senate Banking Committee members feared that once a designation is made, there is no way for a company to remove that label.
July 22 -
Buyout heavyweight Accel-KKR just bought a stake in Banker's Toolbox, a software company that helps community banks flag fraud. The PE firm says it was on the hunt for investments in the compliance space given the regulatory climate.
July 22 -
WASHINGTON The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a $140 million enforcement action against Banamex USA, a Citigroup subsidiary, on Wednesday for having Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering deficiencies.
July 22 -
Discover Financial Services will refund $16 million to consumers and pay a $2.5 million penalty to resolve U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claims that the bank engaged in illegal student loan servicing practices.
July 22 -
Identity theft protection company LifeLock is coming under fire from the Federal Trade Commission for failing to adequately protect customers' credit card and bank account data, Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information, among other allegations.
July 22 -
The federal regulator reported 25 CUs filed their call reports late, with 15 of those being fined a total of $5,107.
July 22 -
Two Florida men with connections to a $200,000-asset New Jersey credit union are being investigated by the FBI for running an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange for the purposes of money laundering.
July 22 -
President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act five years ago this month, but the battle over the law's impact and legacy goes on. Several top lawmakers spoke to American Banker about how their views have evolved since the law's passage. Here are some highlights from those conversations.
July 21 -
Key proponents and critics of the 2010 financial reform law commemorated its anniversary by keeping the debate over its legacy front and center.
July 21 -
As Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew defended the legacy of the 2010 reform law, in another part of the capital a banker and Republican lawmakers pleaded for legislative changes.
July 21 -
Citibank has joined a growing list of banks and vendors that have paid a stiff penalty for allegedly using deceptive marketing and billing tactics in selling credit card add-on products. It agreed to pay $770 million in fines and restitution charges, falling just short of a record fine issued last year.
July 21 -
Citibank has joined a growing list of banks and vendors that have paid a stiff penalty for allegedly using deceptive marketing and billing tactics in selling credit card add-on products. It agreed to pay $770 million in fines and restitution charges, falling just short of a record fine issued last year.
July 21 -
Key proponents and critics of the 2010 financial reform law commemorated its anniversary by keeping the debate over its legacy front and center.
July 21 -
Rolling back unnecessarily burdensome and costly regulations is the only way to ensure credit unions survival. To that end, lawmakers should pass a bill that would give credit unions relief from annual privacy notice requirements and grant safe harbor qualified-mortgage status for certain loans held in their portfolios.
July 21 -
he new regs are meant to close loopholes in an interest rate cap that applies to active-duty soldiers and sailors.
July 21 -
Citigroup is facing $770 million in charges after two federal regulators said the megabank engaged in deceptive marketing and unfair billing practices related to its credit card add-on products.
July 21 -
Citigroup is facing $770 million in charges after two federal regulators said the megabank engaged in deceptive marketing and unfair billing practices related to its credit card add-on products.
July 21 -
The White House announced Monday that it will nominate University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Kathryn Dominguez to fill the final open seat on the Federal Reserve Board.
July 21 -
On the five-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, it's time to increase accountability and transparency at the CFPB. Congress should start by passing a bill that would overhaul the agency's organizational structure from a single-director model to a bipartisan, five-person commission appointed by each incoming president.
July 21



