Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not the right regulator for stablecoins, according to Jeremy Allaire, the chief executive and founder of Circle, which issues the second-largest stablecoin, USD Coin,
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry's, R-N.C., bill would overrule state privacy rules.
February 24 - AB - Policy & Regulation
Despite the positive trajectory, a joint report from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency pointed to potential distress on the horizon.
February 24 -
The fresh round of sanctions and export controls on more than 250 individuals and entities includes MTS Bank, which has branches in Moscow and Abu Dhabi.
February 24 -
Auto title lender TitleMax was ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay a $10 million fine and $5 million in restitution for overcharging servicemembers and altering their personal information to avoid detection.
February 23 -
The Federal Reserve had asked the court to throw out the case after rejecting the digital-asset bank's application for a master account.
February 23 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken an important step in saying that it would work to root out unfair practices in all banking services. This is will help ensure all customers are treated fairly.
February 23 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is attempting to make broad changes to its authority and expand what counts as discrimination. This could lead to banks to cease offering important services.
February 23 -
The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also flagged stablecoin reserves, deposit insurance claims and brokered deposit requirements as potential liquidity risks.
February 23 -
Centric Federal Credit Union, which previously covered only Ouachita and Lincoln parishes in north Louisiana, has received regulatory approval to add an additional 26 parishes and counties in its home state and neighboring Arkansas.
February 23 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Inspector General says the agency needs to mitigate digital asset risks, and notes that dozens of its affiliate banks are looking into — or are actively engaged with — crypto assets.
February 23 -
The biennial inquiry comes at a time when many are questioning the use of Federal Home Loan bank advances and the system's overall impact on housing.
February 23 -
Under the new policy, firms that come forward with misconduct before it becomes known to the public or prosecutors and then fully cooperate will receive "significant benefits" in any resulting deal, federal prosecutors in New York say.
February 22 -
The company says that regulators are investigating its retention of employee communications over unapproved messaging apps. It's latest bank to get caught up in an industrywide sweep that's already yielded over $2 billion in fines.
February 22 -
The Senate Banking Committee member, a Democrat from Montana, helped pass a bill that loosened Dodd-Frank restrictions for larger regionals and community banks.
February 22 -
The move reflects banks' cautiousness when faced with new technology that could introduce risks or spark regulation.
February 22 -
The high court's inevitable decision on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure will tell us a lot about how radical the court is willing to be.
February 21 -
The National Credit Union Administration proposed a rule that would, among other changes, allow remote workers to join credit unions in their employer's market.
February 21 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the high court to overrule a lower-court decision that threatens its funding structure. The justices didn't accept the case on Tuesday, but experts say it could still make the cut in the coming week.
February 21 -
If the industry's largest players reported more payment information to the credit bureaus, many consumers would qualify for better offers from competitors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said. It's the latest example of the bureau's increased scrutiny of credit card companies.
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