On November 1, 2018, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued modifications to its Statement of Policy (“SOP”) for applications made under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”). The...more
On October 31, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a...more
11/2/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Capital Requirements ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 16, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Agencies”) issued the Frequently Asked Questions on...more
On July 11, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) (the OCC, FRB and FDIC are...more
On May 22, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) (the “Consumer Protection Act”), which had been previously passed by the Senate. The...more
On May 11, 2018, compliance with the beneficial ownership rule became mandatory. In accordance with the rule, a covered financial institution must verify, at the time a new account is opened, the beneficial owners opening the...more
On May 11, 2018, the beneficial ownership rule became fully effective. While the rule was finalized on July 16, 2016, compliance was not mandatory until May 11, 2018. The delay in implementation was to permit covered...more
After a 10 day jury trial, a jury found U.S. Bancorp liable for almost $3.3 million in damages for infringing upon a patent covering check-processing technology owned by Solutran, Inc. (”Solutran”). Solutran’s U.S. Patent No....more
On April 10, 2018, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (the “FFIEC”), an interagency body composed of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal...more
On April 3, 2018, the Department of Treasury released recommendations to “modernize” the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (“CRA”). Treasury’s recommendations include:...more
In a recent interview, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, announced the OCC’s plan to “clarify” its support of bank-offered deposit advance products. “Deposit advance products” are typically defined as small-dollar,...more
4/2/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Deposit Advances ,
Direct Deposit ,
Loans ,
OCC ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Payday Loans ,
Rescission
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), from 2000 to 2008 there were 1,042 de novo community banks newly chartered in the United States. From 2011-2017, the FDIC received only 30 de novo applications...more
In November 2016, with the election results confirmed, the banking industry was awash in hopes for a more lenient regulatory posture. To date, the industry has seen no reform. However, on March 14, 2018, the Senate passed and...more
3/19/2018
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Community Banks ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Deposit Insurance Act ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Financial Institutions ,
HMDA ,
HVCRE ,
HVCRE Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Standards ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Volcker Rule
On January 23, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”), published an opinion editorial in The Wall Street Journal (the “Op-Ed”) describing his vision of the CFPB’s role in...more
2/21/2018
/ Adjudicatory Process ,
Call for Evidence ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Cost-Benefit Analysis ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process ,
UDAAP ,
Wall Street Journal
On October 5, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released its nearly 1,700-page final rule for short-term loans (“Payday Lending Rule”). Notably, almost simultaneously with the CFPB’s announced Payday...more
On September 14, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) issued its first no-action letter (the “No-Action Letter”) concerning the operations of Upstart Network, Inc. (“Upstart”), a FinTech lender that...more
On March 15, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) published for comment a draft supplement to the OCC’s existing Comptroller’s Licensing Manual providing detail on how the OCC will evaluate national...more
9/28/2017
/ Applications ,
Banking Sector ,
Business Plans ,
Capital Requirements ,
Corporate Strategy ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Internal Controls ,
OCC ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Special Purpose National Bank Charter
On August 22, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”) (the OCC, FDIC and FRB...more
8/28/2017
/ Basel III ,
Capital Requirements ,
Community Banks ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
OCC ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Tax Deferral
On July 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) finalized its proposed arbitration rule that will prohibit providers of certain consumer financial products and services from requiring a consumer to...more
7/13/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Banks ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FinTech ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
OCC ,
Pre-Dispute Arbitration ,
Trump Administration