On February 10, 2022, in a most unusual case, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a Consent Order for the payment of a $3,000 civil money penalty to Craig Meader, the president and a board member of First National Bank of Kansas, Burlington, Kansas. The OCC found, and Meader neither admits nor denies, that, during the period from August to September 2020, Meader directed employees to implement extended holds on ACH deposits […]
Category: Regulation CC
CFPB AND FRB FINALIZE REGULATION CC CHANGES
On Monday, June 24, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Reserve Board (FRB) finalized amendments to Regulation CC, which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act of 1987 (EFA Act). The amendments institute a Dodd-Frank Act statutory requirement to adjust for inflation the amount of funds depository institutions must make available to their customers. The amendments also extend coverage of the EFA Act to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, […]
AGENCIES PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS CC AND DD
On November 21, 2018 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the Bureau) and the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), collectively the Agencies, proposed amendments to Regulation CC, the implementing regulation for the Expedited Funds Availability (EFA) Act, that would allow for adjustments in amount of funds depository institutions must make available to customers. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the EFA Act giving joint rulemaking authority to the Bureau and […]
DEPOSIT RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES
On May 18, 2016 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the Agencies) issued guidance to ensure that financial institutions are aware of the Agencies’ supervisory expectations regarding deposit-reconciliation practices that may be detrimental to customers. Summary This guidance addresses a set of […]
CFPB PUBLISHES SEMI-ANNUAL AGENDA
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published it’s semiannual agenda as part of the Fall 2013 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The Agenda reflects antipathy actions during the period from October 1, 2012 to October 1, 2013. The next agenda will be published in spring 2013 and will update the agenda through October 1, 2013. According to the agenda the following final rules are expected in January 2013: Regulation X and […]