Wednesday, June 30, 2010

House-Senate conference panel discusses bank tax

06/30/10: House-Senate conference on regulatory reform meeting 06/29. The panel reconvened last evening to address concerns regarding a bank "tax" to pay for the reform bill's new costs.

  • C-SPAN coverage 06/29 Link
  • C-SPAN coverage for previous sessions Link
  • Joint explanatory statement of conferees on H.R. 4173 PDF
  • House Rules Committee rule on H.R. 4173 Link
  • Text of bill for Congressional Record PDF

OFAC blocked persons designation

06/30/10: Blocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to Executive Order 13413. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/24/10. PDF Text

Community Development Financial Institutions Capital Magnet Fund application

06/30/10: Capital Magnet Fund Application. Information collection; request for comments. Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
Comments are due 08/30/10. PDF Text

Small Business Administration 'peg' rate

06/30/10: Interest rates. Notice. Small Business Administration.
"Peg" rate is 4 percent from July-September 2010. PDF Text

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

House-Senate conference report on regulatory reform

06/29/10: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Conference report. This provides links to the full conference report (awaiting House and Senate action) and a summary.

  • Conference report full text PDF
  • Summary of bill PDF
  • Bill text, offers/counteroffers Link
  • C-SPAN links to conference coverage Link

Federal Reserve Board final rule under Credit CARD Act

06/29/10: Truth in Lending. Final rule. Federal Reserve Board. This completes the Fed's implementing rules under the Credit CARD Act.
Effective 08/22/10; compliance deadlines are 08/22/10 and 12/01/10. PDF Text

NCUA posts 2nd DVD on corporate credit unions

06/29/10: NCUA posts Track 2 video on corporate credit unions. Announcement. This is the second of three videos (DVD) provided on the history of corporate credit unions, current problems and plans for addressing them.

Federal Register notice, NCUA Board closed meeting agenda

06/29/10: NCUA Board closed meeting agenda. Notice.
Closed meeting is 11 a.m. 06/30/10. PDF Text

Department of Housing and Urban Development information collection

06/29/10: Mortgage Insurance Termination; Application for Premium Refund or Distributive Share Payment. Notice of proposed information collection. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Comments are due 07/29/10. PDF Text

Monday, June 28, 2010

Highlights of House-Senate conference report on regulatory reform; C-SPAN coverage

06/28/10: Statement on conference report on H.R. 4173. From House Financial Services Committee; provides highlights of final report. The package awaits passage of the House and Senate.
  • Announcement/summary Link
  • C-SPAN statement with link to archived video of House-Senate conference PDF

NCUA places Arrowhead Central CU in conservatorship

06/28/10: Arrowhead Central CU of San Bernardino, Calif., in conservatorship. NCUA. The credit union has $876 million in assets and 152,000 members.

  • Announcement PDF

NCUA slates special board meeting

06/28/10: NCUA Board to hold closed meeting. NCUA.
Closed meeting is 11 a.m. 06/30/10.

FDIC update of failed institutions list

06/28/10: Update to Notice of Financial Institutions for Which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Has Been Appointed Either Receiver, Liquidator, or Manager. FDIC.
Lists one bank (Nevada Security Bank) closed 06/18/10. PDF Text

FDIC final rule, transaction account guarantee program

06/28/10: Final Rule Regarding Amendment of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program To Extend the Transaction Account Guarantee Program. FDIC.
Effective 06/28/10. PDF Text

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed rule, money services businesses

06/28/10: Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations—Definitions and Other Regulations Relating to Prepaid Access. Notice of proposed rulemaking. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Comments are due 07/28/10. PDF Text

OFAC blocked persons designation lifted

06/28/10: Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/22/10. PDF Text

OFAC blocked persons designation lifted

06/28/10: Unblocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to Executive Order 13219, as Amended. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/22/10. PDF Text

Friday, June 25, 2010

House-Senate conference committee completes work on reform bill

06/25/10: House-Senate conference on reform concludes. Committee approved the amended bill, 27-16. Statement issued by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.

  • Archived proceedings on C-SPAN Link
  • Dodd statement Link

NCUA final rule on chartering and field of membership

06/25/10: Chartering and Field of Membership for Federal Credit Unions. Final rule. NCUA.
Effective 07/26/10. PDF Text

OFAC blocked persons designation

06/25/10: Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/17/10. PDF Text

HUD interpretive rule under RESPA

06/25/10: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Home Warranty Companies’ Payments to Real Estate Brokers and Agents. Interpretive rule. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Effective 06/25/10; comments are due 07/26/10. PDF Text

Thursday, June 24, 2010

House-Senate conference panel on regulatory reform continues deliberations

06/24/10: House-Senate conference on reform continues. The conference committee meets at 9:30 a.m. today, covered by C-SPAN.

  • Senate conferees' offers to amend base text Link
  • House conferees' offers to amend base text Link
  • Base text of bill PDF
  • Summary of base text PDF
  • C-SPAN Link

Federal Reserve Board payment system risk policy

06/24/10: Payment System Risk Policy; Daylight Overdraft Posting Rules. Announcement. Federal Reserve Board.
Effective 08/02/10. PDF Text

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

House-Senate conference on regulatory reform resumes today

06/23/10: Regulatory reform conference continues, with C-SPAN coverage.

  • Schedule update Link
  • Summary of House offer for 6/23 meeting Link
  • Language in House offer Link
  • All House offers Link
  • Amendments approved by Senate conferees Link
  • C-SPAN Link

NCUA letter to CUs regarding lapse in National Flood Insurance Program

06/23/10: NCUA Letter 10-CU-08, Guidance for National Flood Insurance Program Authority Lapses.
Letter is dated 06/2010.

  • NCUA Letter (transmittal) PDF
  • Guidance from NCUA PDF
  • Guidance to companies, agents PDF

NCUA letter to CUs regarding prudent commercial real estate loan workouts

06/23/10: NCUA Letter 10-CU-07, Commercial Real Estate Loan Workouts.
Letter is dated 06/2010.

  • NCUA Letter PDF
  • 10/2009 Interagency guidance PDF

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

House-Senate conference on financial industry regulatory reform

06/22/10: House-Senate conference panel resumes work today. C-SPAN coverage continues.

  • Amendments passed by Senate conferees Link
  • House offers to Senate conferees Link
  • C-SPAN Link

NCUA letter to federally insured credit unions on stabilization assessment

06/22/10: NCUA Letter 10-CU-09. Letter to federally insured credit unions explains the board's decision to assess a 13.4bp stabilization assessment.

  • NCUA Letter PDF

NCUA Board special meeting notice in Federal Register

06/22/10: Sunshine Act Meeting. Notice. NCUA.
Special closed meeting of NCUA Board is at 9:30 a.m. 06/24/10. PDF Text

Monday, June 21, 2010

Hearings slated on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, rules

06/21/10: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. Notice of public hearings; request for comment. Federal Reserve Board.
Hearings are 07/15 in Atlanta; 08/05 in San Francisco; Sept. 16 in Chicago; and Sept. 24 in Washington. PDF Text

NCUA Board to hold special meeting

06/21/10: Special board meeting. Announcement. NCUA.
Meeting is 9:30 a.m. 06/24/10.

OFAC blocked persons designation lifted

06/21/10: Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/10/10. PDF Text

Friday, June 18, 2010

NCUA Board approves 13.4bp stabilization assessment, chartering final rule

06/18/10: Action items, reports from 06/17 open NCUA Board meeting. The stabilization assessment, totaling $1 billion, will be billed in July, due in August and recorded on mid-year call reports. The share insurance fund was at 1.22 percent May 31 (preliminary). All actions were approved 3-0 except the delegations of authority (Hyland voting no).
  • Final Rule - Part 701 of NCUA's Rules and Regulations, Interpretive Ruling and Policy Statement (IRPS) 10-1, NCUA's Chartering and Field of Membership Policies. Item 1a; Item 1b
  • Delegations of Authority - Chartering. Item 2a; Item 2b
  • Insurance Fund Report. Item 3a; Item 3b
  • Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund Accounting Standard. Item 4a
  • Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund Payment of Insured Shares. Item 5a; Item 5b
  • Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund Assessment. Item 6a

Statement by NCUA chairman on stabilization assessment

06/18/10: Matz statement on stabilization assessment. NCUA.

House-Senate conference on regulatory reform

06/18/10: Archive of 06/17 House-Senate conference deliberations.
  • All House offers to date Link
  • Archived proceedings Link
  • C-SPAN Link

NCUA regulatory technical amendments

06/18/10: Technical amendments. Final rule. NCUA.
Effective 06/18/10. PDF Text

FDIC open board meeting agenda

06/18/10: Sunshine Act meeting. FDIC.
Open meeting is 10 a.m. 06/22/10. PDF Text

OFAC final rule, Iranian sanctions

06/18/10: Iranian Transactions Regulations. Final rule. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/16/10. PDF Text

Thursday, June 17, 2010

House-Senate conference on financial industry regulatory reform

06/17/10: Conference committee to meet today. A House offer for todays discussion was released; the panel meets at 11 a.m. and will be covered by C-SPAN.
  • House offer for today's meeting Link
  • C-SPAN Link

NCUA notice of application period for revolving loan fund

06/17/10: Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for Credit Unions. Notice of application period. NCUA.
Application period began 06/11/10, continues until funds are exhausted. PDF Text

NCUA Federal Register notice of change in meeting agenda

06/17/10: Sunshine Act; Notice of Matter To Be Deleted From the Agenda of a Previously Announced Open Meeting; and Notice of Matter To Be Added to the Agenda of a Previously Announced Closed Meeting. NCUA.
Open meeting is 10 a.m. 06/17/10; closed meeting follows. PDF Text

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

House-Senate conference continues on H.R. 4173, financial industry regulatory reform

06/16/10: C-SPAN coverage of reform conference continues. The conference committee meets again today at 11 a.m.

  • C-SPAN coverage Link
  • House offer to revise base text for today's discussion Link
  • House offer to revise base text addressed Tuesday Link
  • Schedule for future conference committee deliberations Link

NCUA issues revised board meeting agenda

06/16/10: NCUA removes item from board meeting agenda. The agency has deleted a proposed rule on interest-rate-risk policies from the 06/17 open meeting agenda; it added to the closed meeting agenda.

OFAC blocked persons designation

06/16/10: Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/09/10. PDF Text

OFAC blocked persons designation lifted

06/16/10: Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978. Notice. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Effective 06/10/10. PDF Text

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

NCUA releases audited financial statements

06/15/10: NCUA releases audit opinions on 2008-2009 financial reports. These are for the agency's operating fund, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the Central Liquidity Facility and the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund. The audit report on the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund is expected soon.

  • Announcement Link
  • 2008-2009 Annual Report Financial Section PDF
  • NCUA 2009 Financial Statement Audits PDF
  • NCUA 2008 Financial Statement Audits PDF

FDIC update of failed institutions list

06/15/10: Update to Notice of Financial Institutions for Which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Has Been Appointed Either Receiver, Liquidator, or Manager. FDIC.
Lists banks closed 05/28/10. PDF Text

Federal Reserve Board; correction to Reg E final rule

06/15/10: Electronic Fund Transfers. Final rule; correction. Federal Reserve Board. Corrects typographic error.
Effective 07/06/10. PDF Text

Veterans Affairs final rule/removal of redundant regulations

06/15/10: Loan Guaranty; Elimination of Redundant Regulations. Final rule. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Effective 06/15/10. PDF Text

Monday, June 14, 2010

NCUA releases letter of understanding and agreement

06/14/10: NCUA LUA with Sperry Associates FCU.

  • Announcement Link
  • All published LUAs Link

Credit union purchase of bank assets

06/14/10: NCUA approves CU purchase and assumption of bank assets, deposits. Royal CU received approval to purchase certain deposits and branch offices from Anchor Bank. Both are in Wisconsin.

NCUA open board meeting agenda in Federal Register

06/14/10: Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency Meeting. NCUA.
Open meeting is 10 a.m. 06/17/10; closed meeting is 11:30 a.m. PDF Text

NCUA expands types of grants for low-income credit unions

06/14/10: NCUA expands grants for financial education, secondary capital. NCUA says it is adding grants for financial education and for credit unions to develop plans to apply for secondary capital from Treasury's Community Development Capital Initiative.

  • Announcement PDF
  • NCUA information on grants, assistance Link

Friday, June 11, 2010

House-Senate conference on financial industry regulatory reform

06/11/10: Base text for mark-up; summary of House-passed reform provisions included in Senate bill. House-Senate conferees on H.R. 4173, are using the Senate version as the base text for their work. They held their first meeting Thursday; the next one is 06/15. C-SPAN is providing coverage.

  • Base text for mark-up PDF
  • Summary of included House provisions Link
  • C-SPAN coverage of proceedings Link

NCUA Board meeting agenda

06/11/10: NCUA Board meeting agenda for 06/17/10. Notice.
Open meeting is 10 a.m. 06/17/10; closed meeting is 11:30 a.m. Link

Department of Housing and Urban Development information collection

06/11/10: Application for Insurance of Advance of Mortgage Proceeds. Notice of proposed information collection; comment request. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Comments are due 08/10/10. PDF Text

Thursday, June 10, 2010

House-Senate conference committee on regulatory reform meets today

06/10/10: House-Senate conference on H.R. 4173, financial industry regulatory reform. House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., announced the conference will be covered on C-SPAN. The conference committee is due to meet for the first time today, at 2:15 p.m. Eastern. It will be working from the Senate-passed version of the reform bill.

  • Frank letter to C-SPAN president on coverage PDF
  • H.R. 4173 text PDF
  • C-SPAN website Link
  • C-SPAN page for future video Link

NCUA releases first of three videos on corporates

06/10/10: NCUA releasing videos on corporate credit unions. This is the first of three tracks that will be made available and focuses on history of corporates, services. Problems leading to the current situation will be address in later tracks.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Interagency guidance on bargain purchase gains in acquisitions

06/09/10: Interagency Supervisory Guidance on Bargain Purchases and FDIC- and NCUA-assisted Acquisitions. NCUA, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, Office of Thrift Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Guidance effective immediately.

  • Transmittal - NCUA Accounting Bulletin 10-01 PDF
  • Interagency guidance document PDF

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council to meet

06/08/10: Consumer Advisory Council. Notice of meeting (there are duplicate notices for the same meeting). Federal Reserve Board.
Open meeting is 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 06/17/10. PDF Text

NCUA webinar scheduled 06/28

06/08/10: NCUA Virtual Town Hall. Announcement.
Webinar is set for 3-4:30 p.m. Eastern.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule

06/07/10: Enterprise Duty To Serve Underserved Markets. Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Comments are due 07/22/10. PDF Text

Friday, June 4, 2010

Federal Reserve Board final rule, Regulation E

06/04/10: Electronic Fund Transfers. Final rule. Federal Reserve Board.
Effective 07/06/10. PDF Text

Federal Reserve Board final rule, Regulation DD

06/04/10: Truth in Savings. Final rule. Federal Reserve Board.
Effective 07/06/10. PDF Text

Federal Trade Commission final rule, disclosure of non-federally insured status

06/04/10: Disclosures for Non-Federally Insured Depository Institutions Under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA). Final rule. Federal Trade Commission.
Effective 07/06/10. PDF Text

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Department of Housing and Urban Development advance notice of proposed rulemaking

06/03/10: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Strengthening and Clarifying RESPA’s "Required Use" Prohibition. Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Departmenet of Housing and Urban Development.
Comments are due 09/01/10. PDF Text

First-quarter credit union call report data out

06/03/10: NCUA releases first-quarter call report results for federally insured credit unions. Assets grew 5.86 percent on annualized basis; loans were down 4.76 percent, shares were up 10.94 percent.

  • Announcement Link
  • 5300 Call Report Quarterly Data Files page Link

CORRECTED: NCUA extends corporate share guarantee program

06/03/10: NCUA announces extension of Temporary Corporate Credit Union Share Guarantee Program. This is in addition to the corporate CU share guarantee program approved May 20.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Notice of Funds Availability, Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program

06/02/10: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); applications for FY 2010 funding round of the Financial Education and Counseling (FEC) Pilot Program. Notice. Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
Applications are due 07/08/10. PDF Text

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

NCUA Letter to CUs 10-CU-06

06/01/10: NCUA Letter to CUs; interagency advisory on interest rate risk. This transmits an interagency letter on interest-rate risk that was published in January (and posted on this website).