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Yellen Cautions Trump Against Meddling With Financial Regulations
Yellen Cautions Trump Against Meddling With Financial Regulations
December 15, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the next administration should leave “critically important” financial regulations untouched. In an interview with Reuters on Friday (Dec. 13), Yellen...

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Trump Team Struggles to Find Financial Regulatory Leaders
Trump Team Struggles to Find Financial Regulatory Leaders
December 15, 2024  |  Regulation

The upcoming Trump administration is reportedly struggling to find people to head America’s financial watchdogs. The trouble lies with the Republican Party’s eagerness to eliminate...

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Wells Fargo CEO More Confident in Bank’s Compliance Controls
Wells Fargo CEO More Confident in Bank’s Compliance Controls
December 11, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Wells Fargo’s CEO reportedly has more confidence in his bank’s efforts to remedy its compliance issues. Charlie Scharf’s comments, as reported Wednesday (Dec. 11) by...

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OCC Rates 3 Financial Institutions ‘Outstanding’ in CRA Performance Evaluations
OCC Rates 3 Financial Institutions ‘Outstanding’ in CRA Performance Evaluations
December 02, 2024  |  Banking

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) rated three out of 19 financial institutions as “outstanding” in its latest list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)...

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OCC Hikes Assessment Rates for Large Banks
OCC Hikes Assessment Rates for Large Banks
November 27, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

America’s banking regulator says that it’s costing more to supervise the country’s largest financial institutions. As such, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...

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OCC’s Hsu Supports Chartering Regime for Nonbanks
OCC’s Hsu Supports Chartering Regime for Nonbanks
November 20, 2024  |  Regulation

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu said he supports “federal payments regulation and a chartering regime for nonbanks.” In a written statement on...

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Chopra Calls for Deposit Insurance Reform Following Okla. Bank Failure
Chopra Calls for Deposit Insurance Reform Following Okla. Bank Failure
November 18, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

America’s top consumer watchdog is calling for deposit insurance reform. Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made this argument last week...

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BaaS Faces Regulatory Reckoning: OCC and FDIC Actions Underscore Growing Scrutiny
BaaS Faces Regulatory Reckoning: OCC and FDIC Actions Underscore Growing Scrutiny
October 23, 2024  |  Digital Banking

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), as a business model, promises to reshape financial services. And a drumbeat of regulatory actions and continued scrutiny from a veritable alphabet soup...

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OCC Cites 4 Regional Banks for ‘Unsafe or Unsound’ Practices
OCC Cites 4 Regional Banks for ‘Unsafe or Unsound’ Practices
October 18, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

The OCC has released enforcement actions against national banks accused of “unsafe or unsound” practices. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said it “uses enforcement...

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