Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Even CUs that don’t directly serve the oil and gas industry are likely to be impacted, experts say.
May 6 -
The agencies issued a rule to better enable banks to participate in two of the Federal Reserve’s lending facilities and “support the flow of credit to households and businesses.”
May 5 -
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors says parts of the plan are an overreach, while the agency should think twice about developing the proposal during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 5 -
Bankers are bracing for accusations of discrimination in the way Paycheck Protection Program loans were allocated.
May 5 -
American Express will delay the EMV fraud liability shift due to complications from the coronavirus, following reports that Visa has made a similar concession.
May 5 -
A letter from Todd Harper, a member of the National Credit Union Administration board, called on lawmakers to make a variety of legislative changes to help credit unions and consumers weather the pandemic.
May 5 -
It's time for agencies like the Small Business Administration to stop playing catch-up and invest in state-of-the art technology.
May 5 -
Banks tend to pull back in times of crisis by tightening credit and focusing on collections efforts. But consumers, and not returns, must be the focus during the coronavirus pandemic.
May 5 -
The largest U.S. banks stepped up lending to dominate the government's small-business rescue program after playing an undersized role in its early days.
May 5 -
U.S. banks under $10 billion in assets made 60% of the loans in the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program; things go relatively smoothly in the U.K. as 110,000 small businesses apply for low-cost loans.
May 5 -
The central bank’s programs announced since mid-April in response to the coronavirus outbreak match if not exceed the actions it took during the 2007-9 financial crisis.
May 4 -
Recent breaches and a pandemic-driven strain on cloud computing seemed to prompt a regulatory warning that banks, tech vendors and cloud hosts share an obligation to safeguard customer data — no matter where it resides.
May 4 -
Banking regulators restored the scandal-plagued bank's score three years after assigning it the lowest possible rating under the Community Reinvestment Act.
May 4 -
Stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns have led to a sharp decline in consumer use of credit and debit cards.
May 4 -
Payday Loan LLC, which engages in lending and check cashing in 22 stores in California, sued the SBA on April 25 after its request for a $644,000 loan from the Paycheck Protection Program was denied.
May 4 -
Visa’s the first card company to push back the October deadline for U.S. gas station EMV compliance, but that’s just one of a mounting set of challenges petroleum merchants are facing because of the coronavirus.
May 4 -
Industry groups have called for a variety of measures to help CUs weather the pandemic’s economic fallout, including more money for funds that aid community development financial institutions.
May 4 -
The $468 million-asset institution said expansion isn't required now but the move is a proactive attempt to ensure its long-term viability.
May 4 -
Lenders are throwing money at buyers with stable jobs while making it harder for weak borrowers to get loans; $50 billion in loss provisions may not be enough and could stifle lending.
May 4 -
Small businesses that received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program pandemic still don’t know how much they may have to repay after the government missed a deadline to give specific guidance.
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