Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The agency's May rule modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act had deferred action on establishing numeric metrics for meeting the law's requirements, but acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks said banks will soon get more clarity in a follow-up proposal.
October 26 -
Less than a year after Curve launched its cross-border P2P service to solidify its mobile banking app, the London-based company says it is expanding into Lithuania to establish a post-Brexit European base.
October 26 -
A recently introduced bill concerning the Paycheck Protection Program loans could hint at what lawmakers will focus on when the House and Senate reconvene next month.
October 26 -
The 2020 election could draw the most voters in history, along with a record haul for campaign contributions, with fundraising thus far favoring Democratic candidates both generally and in the finance and technology industries, which cover most financial institutions and payment firms.
October 26 -
In the first episode of the five-part Arizent documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.
October 26 -
In the first episode of the five-part documentary series, we look at how disparities in net worth and mortgage discrimination impact Black home ownership — and why it's impossible to close the gaps without attacking systemic racism.
October 26 -
The company's Silicon Valley Bank unit reduced its loan-loss cushion by $52 million. Private-equity and VC clients have warmed to the practice of doing deals virtually, which increases lending opportunities, SVB executives said.
October 23 -
The legislation would help institutions with less than $15 billion of assets avoid regulatory requirements resulting from participating in the small-business relief program.
October 23 -
The credit union regulator will meet for a second time this month when the board holds an open meeting on Wednesday.
October 23 -
The rulemaking is expected to draw enormous interest from both banks and third-party fintech providers.
October 22 -
Institutions that cling to outdated lending tools run the risk of being left behind by commercial clients who are barraged with opportunities to borrow faster and more conveniently.
October 22 -
The agency’s consolidation of supervision and enforcement policy into one office could compromise the independence of those deciding when to investigate alleged wrongdoing by banks and others, critics of the move say.
October 22 -
The Cincinnati company, one of just a handful of lenders to reduce its cushion against bad credits in the third quarter, was grilled by analysts who suggested it was being too optimistic about the long-term effects of the pandemic recession.
October 22 -
Compliance can't be a bolt-on solution. It's critical to build it in from the start, across your people, technology and partnerships, says Hummingbird's Joe Robinson.
October 22 -
USAA Federal Savings Bank’s downgrade shows how customer mistreatment stemming from flaws in internal controls can hurt Community Reinvestment Act scores. Some want consumer compliance to carry more weight in the CRA calculus.
October 21 -
PayPal isn’t the first company to open its platform to cryptocurrencies, but its technique is more hands-on than most payment providers.
October 21 -
Delaying a proposed benchmark for grading banks' performance in Community Reinvestment Act exams to appease critics of its initial proposal will make it harder to gauge the final rule’s impact.
October 21 -
As merchants and consumers increasingly favor contactless payments over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Visa is removing obstacles to contactless acceptance.
October 21 -
The Dallas bank has begun encouraging larger borrowers to seek forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans first as it holds out for the government to streamline the process for loans below $150,000.
October 20 -
Regulators said they will allow banks to deduct Treasury securities — a source of market volatility in the pandemic — from the net stable funding ratio on the same day they provided relief from auditing requirements.
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