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Recently, the CFPB, NCUA, FDIC, FTC, and OCC provided notice in the Federal Register of adjustments to the maximum civil money penalties due to inflation pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of...more
On January 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced adjustments to the maximum amount of each civil money penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction. The 2015 Adjustment Act requires federal agencies with...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the December 2023 webinar....more
On November 7, 2023, the Division of Enforcement ("Division") of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released its annual report of the results of its enforcement efforts, announcing that it had...more
The CFPB and the OCC announced that they have each entered into a consent order with Bank of America, N.A. for alleged violations arising from the Bank’s representment fee practices (“Fee Consent Orders”). The CFPB also...more
On March 15, the OCC announced a $17 million civil money penalty and prohibition order against a former senior executive who served as head of a national bank’s community banking division for her role in the bank’s incentive...more
On November 29, the OCC released a revised Policies and Procedures Manual relating to the assessment of civil money penalties (“CMP Matrix”), which will be effective as of January 1, 2023. The CMP Matrix is a reference guide...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has revised its civil money penalty (CMP) manual and will begin using the revised manual on January 1, 2023. The manual establishes general policies and procedures for the...more
Headlines: ..OCC Publishes Security Standards for Video Teleconferencing With Agency Staff ..CFPB Imposes Civil Penalty and Customer Refunds for Authorized-Positive Overdraft Fees ..Treasury Department Recommends...more
The Attorney General Alliance (“AGA”) recently issued a collaborative White Paper that signals heightened scrutiny of digital asset businesses by state Attorneys General in coming years. Recognizing that it is “no longer...more
On March 17, the OCC and FinCEN issued civil monetary penalties against a federal savings bank for “willfully” failing to meet minimum compliance program requirements and shoddy suspicious transaction reporting. The consent...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) of the United States Department of the Treasury entered into a December 20th Consent Order (“CO”) with Flagstar Bank, FSB (“Flagstar”) addressing alleged violations of the...more
In This Issue. Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed the importance of regulation in the crypto space; and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
On December 16, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued civil monetary penalties against a Texas community bank for violations of the Bank...more
Compliance Today (January 2021) - Just a few months before Jane Fraser takes over as chief executive officer—the first woman to run a major Wall Street bank —Citigroup agreed to pay $400 million to settle an Office of the...more
Banking regulators, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, recently collected a $400 million civil penalty against Citigroup for long-standing deficiencies in its enterprise risk management,...more
Recent and significant regulatory and legislative events in the digital asset space demonstrate the evolving and expanding approach by U.S. and international regulators to the burgeoning digital asset markets. These...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more
This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. These include payments-related consent orders and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and...more
Compliance Failures - On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a consent order assessing a $450,000 civil money penalty against Michael LaFontaine, former Chief...more
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary - Developments and Trends in Policy and Enforcement - US Department of the Treasury - The Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network -...more
On January 16, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that it had finalized its rule about maximum civil money penalties. This action was taken in response to a law that directed federal agencies to...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has levied a $1.5 million civil money penalty against a Missouri-based bank for alleged violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act....more
EDITOR’S NOTE - In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more
On February 27, 2017, FinCEN announced a $7 million civil monetary penalty against Merchants for willful violations of the BSA. Additionally, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Merchants’ federal functional...more