Regulations & Policy: Page 31


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    Yellen, regulators took ‘wrong lessons’ from bank failures: Warren

    In a letter, the senator asked why the Justice Department relinquished some responsibility in its oversight of competition. She also asked when regulators would release updated merger review guidelines.

    By June 28, 2023
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    Fraudsters stole more than $200B in COVID relief loans, watchdog says

    At least 17% of $1.2 trillion disbursed through the pandemic-era PPP and EIDL programs may have gone to questionable characters, the SBA's Office of Inspector General said Tuesday.

    By June 28, 2023
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    Fraud and AML in banking

    The past year has been one of reckoning with regard to fraud — from TD’s $3 billion AML penalty to the continuing punitive phase connected to PPP misdeeds, crypto bankruptcies and pig butchering.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Fed’s Bowman wants emphasis on supervision, not buffer

    “Increasing capital requirements simply does not get at this underlying concern about the effectiveness of supervision,” the regulator said Sunday in Austria.

    By June 26, 2023
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    House bill would require large banks to have chief risk officers

    Under the measure, banks with $50 billion or more in assets must notify their federal and state regulators within 24 hours of a risk chief vacancy. Banks would be subject to an asset cap if the post is open for more than 60 days.

    By June 26, 2023
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    Tougher capital requirements for midsize banks imminent: Gruenberg

    The long-awaited final update to the 2010 Basel III framework will require banks with over $100 billion in assets to hold more capital to withstand unexpected stress, the FDIC chair said.

    By June 23, 2023
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    Citi to link attendance policy compliance with pay packages

    Managers have been told to discuss consequences with employees who regularly flout the bank's requirement that hybrid workers come to the office three days a week, Bloomberg reported.

    By June 23, 2023
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    Southern states have fewer banks, higher interest rates: CFPB

    Two reports published Wednesday are a part of the agency’s work to explore regional trends in consumer finances, especially in rural areas.

    By June 22, 2023
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    Fed nominees stress inflation control but otherwise stay vague

    “I think we have to deal with always grappling with the trade-offs between ... making banks more resilient and sound, and credit availability,” Philip Jefferson, nominee for Fed vice chair, said Wednesday at a hearing.

    By June 22, 2023
  • DOJ to expand scrutiny of bank mergers, antitrust chief says

    “We're going to look at all the competitive factors,” said Jonathan Kanter, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for antitrust. “We’re not going to artificially limit ourselves to just one or two dimensions of competition.”

    By June 21, 2023
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    Barr eyes reverse stress tests, quicker intervention

    The Fed's supervision chief is also considering hiring behavioral scientists to give the central bank a "more multidisciplinary lens" through which it can monitor financial institutions.

    By June 21, 2023
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    Deutsche Bank applies for crypto custody license

    BlackRock and a Charles Schwab-backed platform have entered or clearly made plans to broach the cryptosphere in the past week, which could bode well for crypto-native companies.

    By June 21, 2023
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    Fed publishes master account list

    The move follows calls from Republicans for the Fed to shed light on the process by which it grants accounts, and comes as an increasing number of uninsured firms are vying for access to the central bank’s system.

    By June 20, 2023
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    Binance.US avoids asset freeze via SEC deal

    Customers of the U.S. affiliate of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, can continue to withdraw their assets after the exchange struck a deal with the regulator Saturday.

    By June 20, 2023
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    Binance.US laid off employees following SEC enforcement

    About 50 employees were affected, according to Reuters. A former Binance.US employee confirmed the reduction to Banking Dive.

    By June 16, 2023
  • Atlanta Fed chief reports new blackout trading violations

    The May 2022 trades, made by investment managers handling Raphael Bostic’s spouse’s retirement account, came a day before the FOMC met, and threaten to reignite a long-running ethics scandal at the central bank.

    By June 16, 2023
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    U.S. Bank fined $15M over MUFG’s ‘deceptive practices’

    MUFG Union, which U.S. Bank bought last year, misled customers about various fee discounts and waivers tied to its Private Bank Program and safe deposit box rentals, the OCC said.

    By June 16, 2023
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    OCC’s Hsu says US banks strengthened liquidity but vigilance is key

    The agency's semiannual risk perspective highlighted the importance of being watchful in managing weaker portfolio segments.

    By June 15, 2023
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    Jack Henry to eliminate screen scraping by end of summer

    The fintech, which has API integrations with data exchange platforms Finicity, Akoya, Plaid, Envestnet | Yodlee and Intuit, started phasing out the practice five years ago.

    By June 14, 2023
  • CFPB to hover as open banking evolves

    The agency is on track to issue a proposal in October, and seek public comment, the agency’s director, Rohit Chopra, told a House committee.

    By Lynne Marek , June 14, 2023
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    Bittrex to open for customer withdrawals

    The U.S. arm of Bittrex Global filed for bankruptcy last month following regulatory enforcement.

    By June 14, 2023
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    Cadence finds redemption after pair of redlining penalties

    The FDIC gave the Mississippi bank an "outstanding" rating for its Community Reinvestment Act work, marking a turnaround from a 2016 consent order — and another against a bank it acquired in 2021.

    By June 13, 2023
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    Banks too slow to address P2P payment scams, CFPB’s Chopra says

    “They have been very slow to take action,” the bureau’s director said Tuesday, when asked if banks were creating frameworks to combat fraud and scams conducted on peer-to-peer payment platforms.

    By June 13, 2023
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    OCC seeks public comment on ‘trust in banking’ survey

    The agency plans to publish the results of the annual survey in a report for policymakers, bankers and researchers.

    By June 12, 2023
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    The best of both worlds: Improving customer experience for gig workers to drive business growth

    As one of the fastest growing segments of the workforce, solutions that offer a seamless experience for this demographic is key to gaining their loyalty. 

    June 12, 2023
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    Climate First mulls Florida exit after anti-ESG bill passes

    In response to the legislation, the bank nixed its exclusionary list, outlining the sectors with which it has said it won’t do business, such as the fossil-fuel sector or other extractive industries.

    By June 9, 2023