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Today In Payments: Biden Expected To Name Michael Barr To Head OCC; Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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Plus, the chief of the CFPB stepped down at Biden’s request. Former Ripple advisor and Treasury Department official Michael Barr is anticipated to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under President Joe Biden. Biden Asks Consumer Protection Chief Kraninger To Step Down. president.

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BoA Goes Micro With Consumer Loan Up To $500

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In March, five federal regulatory agencies — the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The bank is limiting eligibility to customers who have had a BoA checking account for a year.

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Congress Blasts Former Wells Fargo Bosses Over Resignations

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Officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) included Duke on letters about things the bank needed to address. The report also said investigations showed that the “attitudes and failures on the part of Ms. Duke and Mr. Quigley” were alarming. .

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Wells Fargo Chair Quits Before Testimony

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Waters said the two also did not follow legal orders with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

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Wells Fargo Balks At Auto Loan Scandal Compensation Remedy

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In June, Wells Fargo submitted a plan to regulators as part of a $1 billion settlement it reached with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

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Mulvaney Hints At CFPB’s Future In Bank Regulation

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The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Mick Mulvaney , could allow other regulators to be in charge of supervisory matter, in an attempt to prevent duplications within government agencies and to reduce the burden for financial firms when it comes to exams.

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Proposed Bill Would Reform Bank Exam Processes

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Endnotes [1] The FFIEC members are the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the State Liaison Committee. [2]

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