CFPB Updates Compliance Guides to Reflect Rural/Underserved Rule

Published twice a year, the URA outlines federal agencies’ anticipated regulatory and deregulatory activities. While the Fall agenda is typically released by the end of the calendar year or in early January, this edition was delayed. New items...

In a joint letter to the FAA, ABA and BPI said that unauthorized unmanned aircraft activity near financial institution sites can create “obvious and legitimate risk” to physical security as well as cybersecurity, as the technology can be...

The May increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $23.6 billion to $106.5 billion and an increase in the services surplus of $0.6 billion to $28.9 billion. May exports were...

Perceptions about households’ current financial situations compared to a year ago improved, with a smaller share of households reporting a worse financial situation and a larger share reporting a better financial situation; however, expectations for future credit availability...

ABA supports providing companies with additional flexibility, but noted “several practical considerations may limit the extent to which banks elect semiannual reporting.” ABA encouraged the SEC “to pair any optional semiannual framework with broader modernization of interim reporting...

Regions in Alabama buys investment bank Frazier Lanier, while Commerce in Missouri to buy boutique investment bank Nolan & Associates.