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How regulators besides the OCC can help fintechs

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has gotten the ball rolling for financial technology firms trying to operate a national platform, but the FDIC and Federal Reserve should act to remove other policy roadblocks.

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AmEx Faces Fed Inquiry On Business Card Sales Tactics

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Officials at the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC) and the Treasury Department are looking to see if American Express Co. The paper reported that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is looking into business card sales tactics at the company as well, citing unnamed sources.

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Fed, OCC, FDIC: US Bank Loan Risk On The Decline

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For big bank loans taken out before April of 2018, prospects of repayment are good, federal banking regulators said on Friday (Jan. However, the portion of loans owed by strongly leveraged borrowers is still high. Reuters reported that the U.S.

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US Eases New Banking Rule On Reporting Bad Loans

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National bank regulators — The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — are all on board with using the “new methodology for measuring counterparty credit risk in derivatives transactions.”.

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US Regulators To Reward Banks For Low-Income Lending

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The regulators also let banks know their position on using reserves and buffers during times of stress in the market, and whether that would lead to future penalizations. Regulators, for their part, said they want to encourage lending. Also, it said that the lending would help a bank’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) score.

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Regulators Detail Banking Rules For Hemp Firms

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The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), FinCEN , the OCC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors participated in issuing the definitions and guidelines. Banks no longer have to submit a suspicious activity report (SAR) just because a business is growing or cultivating hemp.

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Proposed Bill Would Reform Bank Exam Processes

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Key Provisions The FAIR Exams Act would amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 in three primary ways: 1. Whether the bill will garner enough support in Congress to become law remains to be seen.

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