Regulations & Policy: Page 15


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    OceanFirst to pay $15M in DOJ redlining settlement

    The bank failed to provide mortgage lending services to predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods in three New Jersey counties, the agency said. The OCC downgraded the bank’s CRA rating in 2021.

    By Sept. 19, 2024
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    Evolve Bank ‘failed in its most basic duty,’ stole from customers: lawsuit

    The allegations come from Yotta Technologies, a fintech that says its customers are currently locked out of more than $100 million in funds.

    By Sept. 18, 2024
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    The Banking Dive Outlook on 2022

    Some narratives in 2022, such as office returns, will seem like a logical progression from the year before. Others, such as the regulatory sphere and shift toward smaller M&A, may mark a big shift from the previous 12 months.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    DOJ joins OCC, FDIC in updating bank merger guidelines

    Regulators’ revamped guidelines increase the agencies’ discretion, which is likely to stoke industry uncertainty and, perhaps, extend the timeline to approval, analysts say.

    By Sept. 18, 2024
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    Fed payments proposal pits big banks against small rivals

    Large institutions welcome the move to extend the operating hours of two interbank payments systems, but smaller ones may feel the squeeze of increased workload, staffing and competition.

    By Lynne Marek • Sept. 18, 2024
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    CFPB wants banks to prove overdraft opt-ins

    Regulators should assume, as a default, that customers have not agreed to coverage and fees unless banks can provide signed agreements or recorded conversations, the agency said in a policy reminder.

    By Sept. 18, 2024
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    FDIC seeks tougher recordkeeping on fintech partners

    The regulator also approved a policy update to consider small business and residential loan originations, in addition to deposits, when evaluating a merger’s competitive effects.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    KeyBank CFO eyes opportunities through Scotia deal

    The two banks are exploring potential partnership opportunities – and their geographic footprints might allow a jumping-off point, KeyBank CFO Clark Khayat said last week at a conference.

    By Sept. 16, 2024
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    Lawmakers push for crackdown on fintech, ban on false claims

    Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen demanded tighter regulations on BaaS and fintech partnerships, saying they pose “a broader threat to the stability of our banking system and the economy.”

    By Sept. 13, 2024
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    OCC hits Wells Fargo with AML enforcement action

    The newest order for the bank introduces questions around whether it could affect the lifting of Wells' asset cap, or if other big banks might face AML orders.

    By Sept. 12, 2024
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    Atlanta Fed chief violated trading rules, OIG finds

    Raphael Bostic’s transactions created “an appearance of a conflict of interest,” the central bank watchdog said, making no recommendation for next steps.

    By Sept. 12, 2024
  • RBC names interim CFO Gibson as permanent

    The move presumably puts more distance between the bank and Gibson’s predecessor, Nadine Ahn, who has sued the bank for wrongful dismissal and damages.

    By Sept. 12, 2024
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    A year after reorg, progress at Citi comes in ‘fits and starts’

    New penalties gave the bank focal points for its tech overhaul. But Citi is also aiming to keep staff robust enough – in the right places – to chase opportunity, CFO Mark Mason said.

    By Sept. 12, 2024
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    BofA, JPMorgan, others urged to stop financing livestock production

    An open letter singles out the nation's largest banks for their support of food giants like JBS, saying lending activities undermine the sector’s environmental commitments.

    By Sarah Zimmerman • Sept. 12, 2024
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    Innovation may slow amid bank-fintech partnership scrutiny: analysts

    Additional guardrails, however, are necessary as business connections grow more complex and as fintechs tackle more compliance responsibilities, a regulator said.

    By Sept. 11, 2024
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    9 crucial reactions to the capital requirements preview

    BofA and JPMorgan execs talk death, despair and a lack of specifics, while lawmakers and regulators appear to fall along party lines in the snowballing fight over the Basel endgame.

    By Sept. 11, 2024
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    TD to pay CFPB $28M for giving credit agencies inaccurate data

    The penalty is hardly the largest that Canada’s second-largest lender expects. TD is facing criminal and civil investigations into its U.S. anti-money laundering program and anticipates a fine in the billions of dollars before year’s end.

    By Sept. 11, 2024
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    Basel revamp would boost capital requirements by 9%: Fed’s Barr

    The central bank’s vice chair for supervision previewed changes that would cut in half the extra capital the nation’s largest banks would be forced to hold.

    By Sept. 10, 2024
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    PNC’s Demchak wants to lean in to open banking for growth

    The Pittsburgh-based lender’s CEO is wary of larger rivals building branches in every city but said he won’t pay “silly” M&A prices for a “busted” franchise. 

    By Sept. 10, 2024
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    Bank of America boosts minimum hourly wage to $24

    The move puts the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender presumably one raise away from its long-held goal of lifting its pay floor to $25 per hour by next year.

    By Sept. 10, 2024
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    Morgan Stanley fined $2M over ex-First Republic CEO stock sales

    The consent order issued by a Massachusetts regulator Thursday states the lender failed to properly monitor the former executive, who sold over $6.8 million in First Republic stock from February 2022 to March 2023.

    By Sept. 9, 2024
  • RBC ‘selectively quoted’ texts to justify CFO’s firing, lawyer says

    In a new filing, the bank's ex-CFO, Nadine Ahn, said she received “differential treatment” as a woman and denied knowledge of “Project Ken” or an online “LoveBook” another executive allegedly ordered.

    By Sept. 6, 2024
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    Many regionals lack clear strategy for private credit threat: analyst

    Private credit firms are no longer just extending loans banks won’t, Deloitte’s Richard Rosenthal said.

    By Sept. 6, 2024
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    Fed dings banks over flood insurance, crypto

    First Interstate Bank must pay $70,000 to the National Flood Insurance Program, and United Texas Bank must revamp its compliance programs.

    By Sept. 5, 2024
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    OCC’s Hsu wants to label domestic systemically important banks

    The regulator spoke at length on the need for horizontal, risk-based supervision — and the equivalent of regular physical exercise.

    By Sept. 4, 2024
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    CFPB slammed with EWA commentary

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked for public feedback on its earned wage access rule proposal and it got an earful.

    By Lynne Marek • Sept. 4, 2024