Newsletters

08.05.19

Effectively Responding to State Regulatory Exam Criticisms: Five Takeaways

With the prospect of a downturn in the economy getting ever so closer, the time is right for executive management teams and boards of directors of financial institutions to review and reassess how they are going to prepare for and respond to regulatory examination criticisms, whether that be in the ...


07.17.19

FDIC Focuses on Minority Depository Institutions

Shining a light on minority depository institutions (MDIs), in June 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) hosted the 2019 Interagency Minority Depository Institution and CDFI Bank Conference in partnership with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Office of the ...


07.03.19

Fed Provides Update on CRA Review

How is the Federal Reserve Board of Governors progressing with its critically important review of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)?


06.06.19

Slow Burn: California Makes Another Attempt to Pass a Marijuana Bank Bill

The movement to provide a limited bank charter to serve marijuana businesses in California inched forward when the California Senate approved SB 51 by an almost unanimous vote, sending the measure to the Assembly for review.


05.22.19

Federal Reserve, FDIC Enforcement Efforts

In recent enforcement actions, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced an order with a Japanese bank over weaknesses with respect to its New York branch’s Bank Secrecy Act / anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) and U.S. sanctions compliance programs and internal controls.


05.22.19

State AGs, ABA Back Bill On Financial Services For Cannabis

Support continues to build for the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, with a coalition of 38 state and territorial Attorneys General as well as the American Bankers Association (ABA) writing to lawmakers to urge passage of the bill.


05.08.19

Passive-Aggressive: Federal Reserve Seeks Comment on Bank Control

Seeking to increase the transparency of the rules for determining control of a banking organization, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Board) asked for public comment on a new proposal.


04.24.19

FDIC Reinforces Guidance on Technology Service Provider Relationships

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) just reiterated its guidance on managing risks in technology service provider (TSP) relationships in a new Financial Institution Letter (FIL).


03.13.19

Credit Unions Push DOJ for ADA Guidance

Financial institutions need help, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) told newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General William Barr, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide clear guidance on how it believes the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to website accessibility.


02.27.19

Smoke Signal From Congress: Movement on Cannabis Banking?

Lawmakers recently met to consider cannabis banking, discussing two different bills that have been introduced to solve the problem of providing financial services to an industry that operates under a cloud imposed by federal law.