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NEW INTERAGENCY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGARDING FLOOD INSURANCE – FINALLY

On May 11, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (jointly, the agencies) issued revised questions and answers (Q&As) regarding federal flood insurance law and the agencies’ implementing regulations. The Q&As: Replace those originally published by the agencies in 2009 and 2011 and consolidate Q&As proposed by the agencies […]

INTERAGENCY CRA PROPOSAL PUBLISHED

On May 5, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) jointly issued a proposal to strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The 629-page proposal is intended to: Expand access to credit, investment, and basic banking services in low- and moderate-income communities. Under the proposal, the agencies would evaluate bank performance across the varied activities […]

FDIC ISSUES CMP FOR DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING

On March 10, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a consent order to Magnolia Bank, Magnolia, KY, which included a $425,000 civil monetary penalty for violations of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (UDAP). The FDIC found that the bank deceptively advertised “interest rates and fees for residential mortgage loans as the lowest on the market, with a promise of a ‘best rate guarantee,’ comparative shopping for such rates, and lower rates due […]

AGENCIES SCHEDULE WEBINAR ON COMPUTER INCIDENT NOTIFICATION RULE

The FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve scheduled a webinar entitled Ask the Regulators: Computer-Security Incident Notification Rule for Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The rule requires a banking organization to notify its primary federal regulator of any “computer-security incident” that rises to the level of a “notification incident,” as soon as possible and no later than 36 hours after the banking organization determines that a notification incident has occurred. The regulators will respond […]

FDIC COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has recently published several pieces of compliance guidance. Effective March 31, 2022, the FDIC has updated seven sections of its Consumer Compliance Examination Manual. The updated sections include: II-14.1 — SOURCE Violation Codes V-1.1 — Truth in Lending Act V-7.1 — Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Regulation V-10.1 — Consumer Leasing VI-1.1 — Expedited Funds Availability Act XI-1.1 — Community Reinvestment Act XI-5.1 — Wholesale/Limited Purpose Institution Editor’s Note: On […]