In a comment letter to the FDIC today, the American Bankers Association offered its full support for a recent proposal that would rescind Part 350 from the Code of Federal Regulations, removing an annual disclosure requirement that was duplicated by data publicly available on the FDIC’s website. The 1987 requirement called for FDIC-insured state non-member banks and foreign branches, but not state thrifts, to prepare annual disclosures of Call Report and other data.
Retail and food service sales for February were $722.7 billion, up 0.2% from the previous month, the Commerce Department said in its advance estimate. Sales were up 3.1% from a year ago.
President Trump issued an executive order directing the CDFI Fund and other government programs to reduce their personnel and operations to the minimum to needed to perform their statutory duties.
A federal court in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from firing probationary employees at 16 federal departments and agencies, including the CFPB, FDIC and Treasury Department.
Bank Term Funding Program data shows that credit unions made up just 28% of borrowers but received over 40% of total loans.
ABA offered four policy recommendations for Trump administration officials as they develop an “action plan” to advance the development and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in the U.S.
The Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will no longer be able to change their direct deposit bank information through a phone call, part of what it says is a crackdown on fraud.
