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The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued a joint cease-and-desist order to Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency company, demanding it stop claiming it is federally insured.

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Bank of Montreal (BMO) and community advocates squared off at a public hearing held by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding its proposed acquisition of San Francisco-based Bank of the West.

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In a recent report and blog post, lobbyist and advocacy group Bank Policy Institute questioned whether banking regulator’s plans to update bank merger rules are necessary. The report suggests bank market concentration has led to a robust level of competition.

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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee held hearings to discuss the joint proposal to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules. The joint proposal by federal banking regulators seeks to “strengthen and modernize” CRA implementation.

Witnesses before the committee testified about the needs of communities most served by CRA regulations.

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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement reminding banks of the risk-based approach to assessing customer relationships and conducting customer due diligence.

The statement is meant to reiterate existing guidance and regulations.

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Industry groups are calling on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to reconsider its decision to eliminate the Office of Supervisory Appeals (OSA) and the agency’s decision to reinstate the Supervision Appeals Review Committee (SARC).

The FDIC summarily closed the OSA and SARC without an opportunity for public notice and comment.

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A recent study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found that minority applicants often have higher costs in the mortgage market. The working paper asked the specific question “Did Minority Applicants Experience Worse Lending Outcomes in the Mortgage Market?”

It utilized information from the 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act expanded data.

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In a request for information from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) regarding updates to the Bank Mergers Act regulations, the FDIC inquired as to the level of involvement the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should have in assessing future bank mergers.

Industry trade groups have responded to this question with a resoundingly negative response.

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) released a final rule prohibiting any person or organization from making misrepresentations about FDIC deposit insurance or misusing the FDIC’s name or logo.

In conjunction with this rule, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an enforcement memorandum providing guidance relating to such misuses or misrepresentations.

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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu stated that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other financial regulators in plans to change bank merger rules.

The DOJ’s Antitrust Division, along with the Federal Trade Commission, began soliciting public comment on the topic earlier this year.

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