Legal & Regulation

Legal & Regulation
Sam Bankman-Fried Wants Court to Toss Crypto Fraud Conviction
November 04, 2025

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is due in court Tuesday (Nov. 4) seeking a new trial. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Bank Regulation
OCC Rates 6 Banks ‘Outstanding’ and 10 ‘Satisfactory’ in CRA Compliance
November 03, 2025

Six banks were rated “outstanding” and 10 were rated “satisfactory” in the latest list of banks examined for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Bank Regulation
Bank Merger Approval Rates Hit 35-Year High
November 02, 2025

American regulators are greenlighting bank mergers at the quickest pace in more than 30 years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Bank Regulation
Federal Reserve to Cut Staff and Management Layers at Supervision Division
October 30, 2025

The Federal Reserve is reportedly set to reduce the staff of its supervision and regulation division by 30%, from 500 to 350, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Oct. 30), citing an internal memo. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Bank Regulation
Court Halts CFPB’s Open Banking Rule as Banks, FinTechs Await Rewrite
October 29, 2025

Open banking’s path toward implementation took another turn on Wednesday (Oct. 29) when the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky enjoined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from enforcing its Personal Financial Data Rights Rule — the regulation built on Section 1033 of...

Bank Regulation
Lawmakers Call for Higher Deposit Insurance Limits for Big Banks
October 29, 2025

Democrats and Republicans alike want big banks to up their insured deposit limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Bank Regulation
OCC Proposes Rescinding Recovery Planning Guidelines for Large Banks
October 28, 2025

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has proposed rescinding its recovery planning guidelines for insured national banks, federal savings associations and federal branches with at least $100 billion in assets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

CFPB
CFPB Revokes Rule Requiring Public Reporting of Non-Bank Enforcement Orders
October 28, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to rescind its Nonbank Registry Rule (NBR Rule) that requires nonbank financial companies that have broken consumer laws and are subject to government or court orders to report those orders to a bureau registry. Get the Full Story...

Legal & Regulation
Update: State AGs Confront SEC Over Digital Asset Turf
October 27, 2025

Cryptocurrency regulation may shift as 21 state attorneys general (AGs) called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clearly define how digital assets should be regulated, and by whom. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...