Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The three federal banking agencies moved to raise the threshold for residential transactions that require an appraisal from $250,000 to $400,000.
September 27 -
The Fed’s top regulatory official said how agencies adjust their supervisory approach may prove just as important as their rulemaking efforts.
September 27 -
Congress should consider acting quickly or companies could treat the Golden State's new data privacy restrictions as a national standard.
September 27 -
Chairman Rodney Hood has pledged to put forth a rule on CU-bank purchases before the end of the year. It's likely to lead to another clash with bankers.
September 27 -
Readers sound off on climate change, the Federal Reserve's incoming real-time payments system, efforts for gender pay equity and more.
September 26 -
New plans for a ballot initiative in November 2020 threaten to overturn concessions that financial institutions, tech firms and other companies have won from state lawmakers.
September 26 -
The shareholders' claims against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator mirror arguments in cases challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
September 26 -
Though a draft has been circulating since this summer, eight senators on Thursday officially released a bill to require companies to disclose their true owners at incorporation.
September 26 -
The Kingston, N.Y.-based institution can now serve those who live and work in seven counties.
September 26 -
A hearing on legislative proposals exposed a sharp partisan divide over a regulatory plan to restrict the frequency of collection calls.
September 26 -
Mastercard signaled a new direction for corporate payments when it bought VocaLink a few years ago, and the company’s emerging vision for a B2B payments network suggests a new challenge for its commercial cards business.
September 26 -
The legislation included changes designed to attract more Republican support, which is key to the measure ultimately becoming law.
September 25 -
Members of the House Financial Services Committee cited leveraged lending, cybersecurity and the switch to a new interest rate benchmark among potential systemic risks that keep them up at night.
September 25 -
Visa has launched an online portal for fintechs to explore payments technology and find resources such as shortcuts to applying for fintech licenses.
September 25 -
Elder financial exploitation is a vast and growing problem in the U.S., and one that presents difficult policy challenges for law enforcement and banks.
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The direct threats to the Trump presidency and Boris Johnson's tenure as prime minister of the U.K. create an extra layer of uncertainty for fintechs.
September 25 -
Credit union priorities could take a back seat as Congress scrambles to pass a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. Here's a look at some of the proposals that could move forward.
September 25 -
Kenneth Blanco expressed concern in a speech about cyber criminals using "synthetic identities" to commit fraud with data stolen from fintech platforms.
September 24 -
PayPal must pay a fine to the U.K.’s top financial watchdog for failing to keep its operations completely separate from iZettle while authorities investigated competitive effects of PayPal's purchase of the Sweden-based mobile POS provider.
September 24 -
Congress should consider acting quickly or companies could treat the Golden State's new data privacy restrictions as a national standard.
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