FinCEN Opens Beneficial-Ownership Reports to Public Comment

Likely furthering its effort to garner greater public buy-in for its beneficial ownership information (BOI) standards, FinCEN is now requesting public comment on these reports.

CFPB Presses Consumers, Employees to Action

In a post today, the CFPB double-downed on its recent precedent-setting enforcement action against Wells Fargo (see Client Report CONSUMER46).

Breaking Up Won’t Be Hard to Do

In a high-impact speech today, Acting Comptroller Hsu expressly threatens that the OCC will not stop at the kind of growth restrictions imposed on Wells Fargo (see Client Report CORPGOV26) or the CFPB’s fines (see Client Report CONSUMER46) if a large bank is a repeat offender in safety-and-soundness arenas.

Fed Begins Big-Bank Physical/Transition Financial Climate Risk Analysis

The Fed today announced a two module structure for its upcoming GSIB pilot climate scenario analysis,  kicking off a process to identify the data, governance, and processes banks need to manage the financial risks related to physical and transition climate events.

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