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OCC’s Comptroller Orders Staff to Review Bank Merger Framework
OCC’s Comptroller Orders Staff to Review Bank Merger Framework
May 09, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

Speaking at an event Monday (May 9), Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu discussed the need to rethink bank merger assessment and directed his...

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Advocacy Groups Call on Regulators to Ban High-Interest Rate FinTech Loans
Advocacy Groups Call on Regulators to Ban High-Interest Rate FinTech Loans
February 06, 2022  |  Banking

A coalition of advocacy groups wants U.S. regulators to look more into banks partnering with FinTechs to charge predatory interest rates that would be otherwise...

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Wells Fargo Sees Regulatory Order Eliminated as Company Moves Past Account Opening Scandals
Wells Fargo Sees Regulatory Order Eliminated as Company Moves Past Account Opening Scandals
January 20, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

Wells Fargo has had a 2015 regulatory order from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) eliminated, which involved add-on products which Wells...

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US State Banking Regulators Drop Lawsuit Over FinTech Charters
US State Banking Regulators Drop Lawsuit Over FinTech Charters
January 14, 2022  |  Regulation

A group of U.S. banking regulators withdrew their lawsuit that sought to block the federal government from granting bank charters to FinTech companies.  The Conference of...

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OCC’s Hsu: Stablecoins Can Boost Innovation If Regulated Like Banks
OCC’s Hsu: Stablecoins Can Boost Innovation If Regulated Like Banks
January 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

There are a number of ways to read between the lines of the speech about stablecoins Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu made at...

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NCUA Tells FICUs Crypto Trading is OK — If Big Exchanges Provide the Service
NCUA Tells FICUs Crypto Trading is OK — If Big Exchanges Provide the Service
December 21, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

When it comes to reading between the lines of financial regulators’ advisory letters, tone matters. Take last week’s letter from the National Credit Union Administration...

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Saule Omarova, Biden’s Nominee to Regulate Big Banks, Withdraws Bid to Head OCC
Saule Omarova, Biden’s Nominee to Regulate Big Banks, Withdraws Bid to Head OCC
December 07, 2021  |  Bank Regulation

After two months of hand-wringing and criticism from the financial industry and political opponents who feared President Biden’s nominee to oversee the nation’s top banks...

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Regulators Focus on Crypto, Hoping to Avoid Another Post-Crisis Reckoning
Regulators Focus on Crypto, Hoping to Avoid Another Post-Crisis Reckoning
December 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In its Semiannual Risk Perspective report, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) elevated digital assets in the banking sector to one of...

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OCC Urges ‘Caution’ for FIs Offering Crypto-Related Financial Services
OCC Urges ‘Caution’ for FIs Offering Crypto-Related Financial Services
December 06, 2021  |  News

Caveat emptor, goes the Latin warning. The translation: Buyer beware. Cryptos may be luring the masses, but the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...

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