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 […]
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HSU’S COMMENTS ON UKRAINE, CLIMATE RISK AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
On March 7, 2022, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu delivered a presentation for the Institute of International Bankers. The intended scope of the speech was climate risk, and diversity and inclusion. He added a few comments on the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine Sanctions – It is critically important that all of your members’ Compliance Officers, BSA/AML Officers, and Sanctions Officers are aware of the Executive Orders and the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign […]
OCC PUBLISHES FAQS ON RESCINDED CRA RULE
On February 22, 2022, the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued OCC Bulletin 2022-4 that provides responses to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the December 2021 final rule to rescind the OCC’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule issued on June 5, 2020 (June 2020 CRA rule). The December 2021 CRA final rule, effective January 1, 2022, replaced the June 2020 CRA rule with provisions largely based on the rules adopted jointly by the OCC, the Board of […]
OCC POSITION ON CRYPTO
On January 13, 2022, Acting Comptroller Michael J. Hsu Remarks shared remarks regarding Crypto with the British-American Business Transatlantic Finance Forum Executive Roundtable. Crypto has rapidly gone mainstream. Five years ago, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies was around $100 billion. Today it is over $2 trillion. Anyone with an internet connection can invest in over 12,000 different cryptocurrencies, purchase digital art and collectibles through non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and buy “property” in the metaverse. […]
INTERAGENCY STATEMENT ON STORM DAMAGE
On December 15, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the Agencies) issued an interagency statement that states that the agencies recognize the serious impact of tornadoes on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies encourage […]