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February

9
2024
Industry News

OCC Hosts Public Appraisal Subcommittee Hearing on Appraisal Bias

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will host a public hearing of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) on appraisal bias on February 13, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at its headquarters, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, D.C.

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February

9
2024
Industry News

ESL issues warning to customers about recent phishing schemes

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — ESL Federal Credit Union is warning customers about recent fraudulent activity. According to ESL, they were alerted to an increase in phishing schemes — a type of scam that tricks customers into giving their personal information to the scammers.

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February

9
2024
Industry News

Yellen sees more commercial real estate stress, losses, but no systemic banking risk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that she expects additional bank stress and financial losses from weakness in the commercial real estate market but believes this will not pose a systemic risk to the banking system.

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February

9
2024
Compliance

Credit unions should expect increased supervision from NCUA on overdraft/NSF fees, vendor risk, and fair lending

On February 6, 2024, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Todd M. Harper spoke at a Brookings Institution event to outline his regulatory agenda and supervisory priorities for 2024. His prepared remarks addressed the 90th Anniversary of the Federal Credit Union Act, credit union performance in third quarter of 2023, risks posed by third party service providers, liquidity management, and consumer financial protection.

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February

9
2024
Industry News

Attorney General James Announces Historic Judgment Against Predatory Lender

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a historic court judgment against three merchant cash advance companies, Richmond Capital Group, Ram Capital Funding, and Viceroy Capital Funding (Richmond companies) and their principals, Jonathan Braun, Tzvi Reich, Robert Giardina, and Michelle Gregg, for usury and fraud due to illegally high-interest, short-term loans and undisclosed fees.

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