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On November 1, 2018, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued modifications to its Statement of Policy (“SOP”) for applications made under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”).  The modifications are expected to reduce the number of Section 19 applications FDIC-supervised institutions must submit prior to submitting offers of employment. Background On January 8, 2018, the FDIC published in the Federal Register notice of proposed modifications and sought public comment.  On…
On October 31, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a pair of proposals that would more closely match the regulations for large banking organizations, or banks with more than $100 billion in total consolidated assets, with their risk profiles.…
On October 16, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Agencies”) issued the Frequently Asked Questions on appraisal and evaluation functions (“FAQs”). …
On July 11, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) (the OCC, FRB and FDIC are collectively, the “Federal Banking Agencies”) issued revisions to the Interagency Biographical and Financial Report (the “Report”). In general, individual directors, officers, or an individual or group of shareholders acting in concert that will own or control 10 percent (10%)…
On May 22, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) (the “Consumer Protection Act”), which had been previously passed by the Senate. The Consumer Protection Act will now be sent to President Trump who is expected to sign it into law in the coming weeks. The Consumer Protection Act becomes the first legislatively enacted regulatory relief bill since the recession, and rolls back various…
On May 22, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) (the “Consumer Protection Act”), which had been previously passed by the Senate. The Consumer Protection Act will now be sent to President Trump who is expected to sign it into law in the coming weeks. The Consumer Protection Act becomes the first legislatively enacted regulatory relief bill since the recession, and rolls back various…
On May 22, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) (the “Consumer Protection Act”), which had been previously passed by the Senate. The Consumer Protection Act will now be sent to President Trump who is expected to sign it into law in the coming weeks. The Consumer Protection Act becomes the first legislatively enacted regulatory relief bill since the recession, and rolls back various…
On May 11, 2018, compliance with the beneficial ownership rule became mandatory.  In accordance with the rule, a covered financial institution must verify, at the time a new account is opened, the beneficial owners opening the account on behalf of a legal entity customer.  For purposes of the rule, any rollover or renewal of an existing account is deemed to be an opening of a “new” account.  Despite the clarity of the regulation, many financial…
On May 11, 2018, the beneficial ownership rule became fully effective.  While the rule was finalized on July 16, 2016, compliance was not mandatory until May 11, 2018.  The delay in implementation was to permit covered financial institutions to ready their BSA/AML compliance programs. In accordance with the rule, a covered financial institution must verify, at the time a new account (loans, deposits, etc.) is opened, the beneficial owners opening the account on behalf of…
After a 10 day jury trial, a jury found U.S. Bancorp liable for almost $3.3 million in damages for infringing upon a patent covering check-processing technology owned by Solutran, Inc. (”Solutran”). Solutran’s U.S. Patent No. 8,311,945 covers a method for processing paper checks whereby data regarding a transaction captured at a merchant’s point of purchase is later matched against a scanned image of a check at a remote location.  The jury rejected U.S. Bancorp’s argument…