Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The final regulation will significantly revise a December proposal, responding to concerns from stakeholders. Meanwhile, in a surprising move, the regulator who had championed the reforms is expected to resign this week.
May 19 -
Director Mark Calabria, who abandoned the Fannie and Freddie capital proposal written by his predecessor, said he expects a revised framework to be ready “very soon.”
May 19 -
Members of the Banking Committee pressed the Treasury secretary and Fed chief to ensure CARES Act funds are deployed as Congress intended. They also debated the need for more stimulus to ease the economic effects of the coronavirus.
May 19 -
Black and Latino business owners were less likely to get loans than overall borrowers, survey states; Atlanta Fed president tells lenders they won’t be second-guessed if they do right by borrowers.
May 19 -
The agency has freed companies from reporting requirements and provided flexibility on exams to help them deal with COVID-19 fallout. It has also finished other regulatory relief efforts that were in the pipeline before the pandemic hit.
May 18 -
The order's removal allows the Delaware company to pursue more opportunities in its payments business.
May 18 -
In line with the other major card brands, Mastercard is extending its EMV liability shift at gas pumps to April 2021. It is also launching a data-driven fraud protection tool for fuel merchants who have not completed their upgrade to chip-card EMV pumps.
May 18 -
The two mortgage giants said they would begin the process of hiring outside firms to help raise capital that will be needed to exit conservatorship.
May 18 -
Bracing for a prolonged economic slowdown, many community bankers say they are considering a number of belt-tightening measures, including freezing salaries and delaying investments in technology and product development, according to a survey by Promontory Interfinancial Group.
May 18 -
The government's latest stimulus package cleared the House on Friday but a number of key credit union priorities didn't make the cut.
May 18 -
A small Texas company that profits from loan applications is using a web address so similar to the Trump administration's portal for small businesses that even Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pitched the wrong one when outlining a pandemic-aid program.
May 18 -
Operation HOPE Chief Executive John Hope Bryant talks about how the Community Reinvestment Act influenced him at the age of 9 and eventually led to the founding of his nonprofit, which works with banks to help communities in need. But he says the 1977 law is outdated.
May 18 -
The program would give small businesses greater flexibility on how they use loan proceeds; Warren Buffett’s company dumped 10 million of its nearly 12 million shares in the bank.
May 18 -
Bankers call credit unions’ latest efforts to ease limits on member business lending opportunistic. Credit unions say they're trying to help with the recovery effort.
May 18 -
Triad Business Bank in North Carolina, which opened in March, has made $106 million in Paycheck Protection loans.
May 17 -
The agencies produced an application process that includes favorable interpretation of qualifying expenses.
May 15 -
The interim rule will allow institutions with over $250 billion of assets to exclude certain assets from the supplementary leverage ratio to help them respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
May 15 -
The Pittsburgh company’s sale of its stake in the asset manager yielded billions of dollars that could cushion the pandemic’s economic blow and eventually help fund a big acquisition.
May 15 -
Complaints to the CFPB hit an all-time high, with mortgage servicers getting much of the fire; Frank Bisignano details his priorities as Fiserv’s new CEO; lenders worry they could be stuck with billions in Paycheck Protection Program loans; and more from this week’s most-read stories.
May 15 -
Democrats’ latest proposal to back debt collectors, enable loans for nonprofits and provide other relief could help steer negotiations with the Senate on more stimulus.
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