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  • August 31, 2018
    On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, the OCC released its long anticipated advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on methods to modernize and transform the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Based on the 25 questions raised in the ANPR, the OCC seems focused on the following areas to modernize CRA: • Increasing lending and services to people and in areas that need it most, including in LMI areas...
  • August 31, 2018
    On Monday, August 27, 2018, the OCC announced it is seeking nominations for its Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee (MSAAC). The MSAAC will provide the OCC with advice and recommendations on the current and future circumstances and needs of mutual savings associations. The OCC is seeking nominations of officers or directors of OCC-regulated mutual savings associations, or officers or...
  • August 31, 2018
    On Tuesday, August 28,2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed in a 69-26 vote Richard Clarida’s nomination to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Clarida will serve a four-year term as a member of the Board, fulfilling the remainder of a 14-year term which began in 2008. Clarida is an economics professor at Columbia University and managing director at Pacific Investment Management Company (...
  • August 23, 2018
    On Thursday, August 23, 2018, the FDIC issued a press release stating FDIC-Insured institutions reported a $60.2 Billion in Second Quarter of 2018. Highlights of the report include: Quarterly Net Income Rose 25.1 Percent Over Second Quarter 2017 Income, Led by Higher Net Operating Revenue and a Lower Effective Tax Rate; Community Bank Net Income Increased 21.1 Percent from the Second Quarter of...
  • August 22, 2018
    On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the Bureau released its latest quarterly consumer credit trends report , indicating one in five consumers has telecommunications-related collections on their credit report in the last five years. The report explored telecommunications-related debt and reporting to credit agencies nationwide. The Bureau outlined the prevalence and dollar value of telecom collections...
  • August 22, 2018
    On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC and OCC issued a press release regarding an interim final rule amending the agencies' liquidity rules to treat certain eligible municipal securities as high-quality liquid assets, as required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (EGRRCPA). The EGRRCPA requires the agencies to treat a municipal...
  • August 10, 2018
    On Friday, August 10, 2018, the Bureau issued a press release regarding a federal district court in the Western District of Missouri that entered an Order effectuating a settlement between the Bureau and Richard Moseley, Sr., Richard Moseley, Jr., and 20 interrelated corporate entities controlled by Moseley, Sr. and Moseley, Jr., in the Bureau’s lawsuit regarding the unlawful origination and...
  • August 10, 2018
    On Friday, August 10, 2018, the Bureau announced final amendments to implement legislation allowing financial institutions meeting certain requirements to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to customers. In December of 2015, Congress amended the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act​ (GLBA) as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The amendment provided financial...
  • August 8, 2018
    On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, a Texas federal judge again turned down a request from the Bureau and two payday lender trade groups to stay the August 2019 compliance date of the agency’s so-called payday rule. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel declined Tuesday to reconsider his June order that stayed a lawsuit challenging the rule , nor did he stay the rule’s compliance date.
  • August 7, 2018
    On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, the Bureau announced that they will be collaborating with 11 financial regulators and related organizations to create the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN). The network will seek to provide a more efficient way for innovative firms to interact with regulators, helping them navigate between countries as they look to scale new ideas. It will also create a new...

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