Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Monica Hughes Davy is new director of the OMWI following a six-month search.
July 13 -
Small Pennsylvania credit union is fourth closure of 2015.
July 13 -
The Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility said it found no support for allegations that federal lawyers wrongly pursued legal online payday lenders and forced banks to cut ties with legitimate businesses.
July 10 -
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July 10 -
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the first Senate bill protecting banks involved with legal marijuana businesses.
July 10 -
Lenders and real estate agents may have to extend the usual 30-day timelines for rate locks and sales contracts while they get acclimated to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage disclosures that take effect in October.
July 10 -
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the first Senate bill protecting banks involved with legal marijuana businesses.
July 10 -
Federal prosecutors are cracking down on violations of the Bank Secrecy Act often without first clarifying to virtual currency firms and other industries the sort of behavior will get them in trouble.
July 10 -
The PayPal of today has come a long way from the 1998 startup that enabled people to transfer funds between Palm Pilots. As the company nears its spinoff from eBay, it is continuing its acquisitive streak with some transformative purchases.
July 10 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has suggested that financial institutions get busy on implementing consumer protections for real-time and faster payments.
July 9 -
Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard jumped into the debate over growing concerns about diminishing market liquidity, conceding that new bank rules may be a factor.
July 9 -
Deposit premiums could rise at 20% of banks with up to $10 billion in assets. Many of those banks could rethink asset concentrations that would trigger higher assessments.
July 9 -
While the Federal Reserve and other regulators extended the deadline for some parts of the Volcker rule, July 21 is the deadline for all banks to have a compliance regime in place.
July 9 -
The Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., convened a hearing where he and others criticized the Financial Stability Board for its lack of accountability and influence on U.S. regulators.
July 9 -
MasterCard Inc. received an antitrust complaint from European Union watchdogs over concerns it's "artificially raising" card-payment fees.
July 9 -
Federal and state regulators said the $216 million settlement against JPMorgan Chase is a warning that they are not finished targeting firms that mishandle collections or improperly resell bad debts.
July 8 -
ACI Worldwide has added three board members with pervasive experience in financial services, following the retirement of other board members.
July 8 -
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 8 -
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay more than $200 million to settle claims by federal and state authorities that the megabank wrongfully collected credit card payments on hundreds of thousands of consumers.
July 8 -
Mobile banking technology provider Monitise Plc has informed its shareholders that Visa Europe will reduce its investment in the company, but will complete a three-year commercial agreement to develop services and finish products.
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