The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said Friday (Dec. 6) that Congress should pass legislation ensuring that relevant agencies have the examination and enforcement powers they need to oversee their regulated entities’ third-party service providers. The FSOC said these relevant agencies include the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
The Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) is encouraging state and federal regulators and Congress to do more to enhance the resilience of nonbank mortgage companies (NMCs). The agency did so in a report released Friday (May 10) that also identifies risks in this sector, the FSOC said in a press...
A Bank of England official is calling for more research into non-bank lenders. This effort would help prevent a “credit crunch” that could result from a pull-back by hedge funds, pension funds, asset managers and insurers, Bank of England (BoE) deputy governor Sarah Breeden said Monday (Feb. 26). “A shift in...
Regulators must use their legal authorities to guard against risks posed by the growing role of large technology firms in the financial system, Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said Monday (Dec. 18). Commenting on the 2023 annual report released Thursday (Dec. 14) by the Financial Stability...
December 11, 2024
Innovation within the financial services and payments space tends to center around two poles: FinTechs, and cryptocurrency. In its newly released 2024 annual report, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) took care to illustrate the risks, as well as the potential benefits, of both sectors as they relate to the traditional banking landscape. The […]
December 06, 2024
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said Friday (Dec. 6) that Congress should pass legislation ensuring that relevant agencies have the examination and enforcement powers they need to oversee their regulated entities’ third-party service providers. The FSOC said these relevant agencies include the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the National Credit Union Administration, according to a Friday press release […]
May 10, 2024
The Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) is encouraging state and federal regulators and Congress to do more to enhance the resilience of nonbank mortgage companies (NMCs). The agency did so in a report released...
February 26, 2024
A Bank of England official is calling for more research into non-bank lenders. This effort would help prevent a “credit crunch” that could result from a pull-back by hedge funds, pension funds, asset managers...
December 18, 2023
Regulators must use their legal authorities to guard against risks posed by the growing role of large technology firms in the financial system, Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...
