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House lawmakers spar over stablecoin regulation
"Simply labeling something as stable or overly relying on a one-to-one ratio does not, in itself, mean it maintains a stable value," House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-CA, said Tuesday.
By Jonathan Berr • Feb. 9, 2022 -
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FinCEN proposal would let US banks share SARs with its foreign branches
The pilot program, however, requires banks to submit quarterly reports to the agency, which may reveal internal control deficiencies FinCEN could then share with the bank's regulators.
By Dan Ennis • Jan. 25, 2022 -
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Everything old is new again. One year after Citi’s reorganization, progress comes in “fits and starts.” Meanwhile, a contentious proposed rule is generating “voluminous” feedback after 14 months.
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Wells Fargo's chief risk officer to retire in June
"Living through a pandemic teaches you things, and I've realized that now is the time to do some things I want and need to do outside of my career," Wells CRO Amanda Norton wrote in a memo Tuesday.
By Robin Bradley • Updated Jan. 19, 2022 -
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Santander finds itself in a Citi moment with $175M error
In looking to claw back duplicate payments, Santander may find varying levels of cooperation from other banks. The incident may also prompt regulators to examine the lender's risk management framework and history.
By Dan Ennis • Jan. 5, 2022 -
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Morgan Stanley, Capital One's old errors cause new headaches
The banks, collectively, agreed to pay $250 million to settle class-action lawsuits connected to data breaches for which the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency levied penalties in 2020.
By Dan Ennis • Jan. 4, 2022 -
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OCC lays out climate-risk framework, seeks feedback
Many of the agency's "draft principles" are of the 10,000-foot variety, but it still marks a first among federal banking regulators. The OCC said it plans to follow up with more specific guidance next year.
By Dan Ennis • Dec. 17, 2021 -
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Crypto execs tout financial inclusion during digital-asset hearing
Circle, for example, aims to funnel "billions of dollars" of USDC dollar-denominated reserves into minority depository institutions to aid underserved communities, CEO Jeremy Allaire told lawmakers Wednesday.
By Anna Hrushka • Dec. 9, 2021 -
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Crypto, cybersecurity and climate in focus in OCC risk report
"The OCC is approaching crypto-related activities in the federal banking system very carefully with a high degree of caution and expects its supervised institutions to do the same," the agency said in its report.
By Anna Hrushka • Dec. 7, 2021 -
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Senate banking panel chair seeks stablecoin issuer feedback
The complexity of stablecoins makes it difficult for investors and consumers to fully understand their potential risks, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, said in letters to eight issuers and exchanges, including Coinbase and Tether.
By Anna Hrushka • Nov. 29, 2021 -
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Fintechs Blueacorn, Womply added to House panel's PPP probe
A subcommittee focused on COVID-19's impact seeks documents and information on the companies' fraud prevention measures. The panel made similar requests of Kabbage, BlueVine and others in May.
By Dan Ennis • Nov. 24, 2021 -
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Bank regulators to roll out crypto guidance in 2022
A two-page report doesn't provide many details regarding how banks should navigate digital assets, but regulators said the industry should expect further guidance throughout the next year.
By Anna Hrushka • Nov. 23, 2021 -
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U.S. Bank pledges net-zero emissions by 2050, in a first among regionals
The bank also aims to put $50 billion by 2030 toward financing customers and projects that have a positive environmental impact. It said it is establishing a framework to more clearly track that figure.
By Dan Ennis • Nov. 11, 2021 -
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Bank boards should press execs on climate risk, OCC says
Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu suggested five lines of questioning directors should pursue to boost banks' preparedness.
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Regulators to issue policy on crypto, stablecoins, FDIC chair says
Jelena McWilliams shared details about the interagency "crypto sprint" involving the FDIC, the OCC and the Fed, and said the agencies plan to issue a series of policy statements in the coming months.
By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 26, 2021 -
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New York Fed researchers design climate stress test for banks
The paper defines what it calls CRISK — the expected capital shortfall of a financial institution in a climate stress scenario — a measure that rose significantly in 2020.
By Robin Bradley • Sept. 27, 2021 -
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Coinbase scraps crypto lending product under fire from SEC
The company is also discontinuing its waitlist for Lend, a product that would have let users earn 4% interest by lending their holdings of a stablecoin to other customers.
By Dan Ennis • Sept. 21, 2021 -
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JPMorgan Chase glitch let customers see other users' data
The breach, which lasted from May 24 to July 14, appears to have limited reach — seven customers in Montana, for example — although no details were available regarding potential impact in other states, or elsewhere.
By Dan Ennis • Aug. 23, 2021 -
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ColumnStablecoin meeting's focus finally comes to light
Tether and Diem were reportedly the focus of last week's "act-quickly" directive. The Justice Department is allegedly probing whether executives behind Tether hid from banks that transactions were linked to cryptocurrency.
By Dan Ennis • July 28, 2021 -
Sen. Cory Booker clarifies SAFE Banking Act support
"For me, a good bipartisan bill like the [SAFE] banking bill is a necessary sweetener to get people to move along on the equitable justice elements that are really critical," he said.
By Anna Hrushka • July 27, 2021 -
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NJ, Texas order BlockFi to stop offering interest accounts
A third state, Alabama, gave the crypto exchange 28 days to show why it should be allowed to keep selling the product to state residents. At issue is whether the offering is a security.
By Dan Ennis • Updated July 23, 2021 -
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Remote work offers test for banks amid 40-fold surge in malicious cyber activity
Incidents of phishing, malware and ransomware jumped from 5,000 per week before the pandemic to 200,000 per week in April 2021, the Financial Stability Board found in a report last week.
By David Jones • July 19, 2021 -
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SAFE Banking secondary to comprehensive pot reform, Senate Democrats say
The new bill, unveiled Wednesday, could become a setback for the future of the SAFE Banking Act, after lawmakers said the comprehensive reform would take priority over the more narrow banking bill.
By Anna Hrushka • July 16, 2021 -
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Powell clarifies timeline on Fed CBDC paper
In two congressional hearings, lawmakers grilled the central bank chair on digital dollar development and pressed for his second term — or a change in leadership.
By Dan Ennis • July 16, 2021
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