Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The National Credit Union Administration issued a prohibition order against Deborah Peters, who worked at Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union.
February 28 -
The FDIC reserve fund is nearing a threshold that will trigger a temporary reprieve on deposit insurance premiums for banks with less than $10 billion of assets.
February 28 -
The new regulation, codifying requirements already in practice, is meant to help the mortgage giants prepare for the adoption of a uniform security in June.
February 28 -
The agency recently proposed gutting the ability-to-pay standard in its small-dollar loan rule, a move that would benefit the payday loan industry and harm consumers.
February 28 -
By applying to become an industrial loan company, the fintech would be able to use insured deposit accounts as a cheap source of funding without having to comply with the tough rules banks face.
February 28 -
Credit unions in the Cornhusker State are waiting to see whether lawmakers move forward on on a bill that would allow banks the opportunity to block field of membership expansions.
February 28 -
P2P transfer apps aren't just for splitting the rent — they can also be portals to a wider array of financial services, as Canada’s national Interac debit network plans to prove.
February 28 -
With the two companies said to be still mulling which charter to seek, the various options each have possible advantages and drawbacks.
February 27 -
Bill Schirmer, president and CEO of Evansville Teachers FCU, will serve a three-year term on a panel for the Federal Reserve Board of St. Louis.
February 27 -
Addressing lawmakers for the second straight day, the Fed chairman defended his agency’s refinements to the post-crisis regime.
February 27 -
Bankers should pay attention to a recent case in Wyoming in which regulators have sought to bar two executives for misusing confidential bank information for the benefit of a rival institution.
February 27 -
With U.S. sanctions in place against Venezuela, banks fear compliance violations; exclusion and cyber attacks the biggest concerns of cash-free society.
February 27 -
The root of the credit reporting sector’s problems may be its dominance by a handful of big firms, lawmakers from both parties said at a hearing.
February 27 -
The U.K.’s major banks are urging regulators to allow for greater flexibility in processing high-risk transactions, in a bid to tackle ever-rising levels of financial crime.
February 27 -
Ronald Rubin, who was a CFPB enforcement attorney, will head an office overseeing nearly 200 state-chartered banks.
February 26 -
The agency wants to increase the maximum SBA Express loan to $1 million from $350,000 to pump up volume.
February 26 -
Lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee pushed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for details about how he plans to review the proposed merger between the two regional banks.
February 26 -
The root of the credit reporting sector’s problems may be its dominance by a handful of big firms, lawmakers from both parties said at a hearing.
February 26 -
The Small Business Administration should consider partnering with fintechs, which have the capacity to approve loans quickly, to help avoid the kind of application backlog the agency faced after the last government shutdown.
February 26 -
If confirmed to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mark Calabria would have a central role in any efforts to reform the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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