Tagged: office of the comptroller of the currency

December 31, 2019 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The internet has disrupted so many different industries mainly for the better. Fintech, or financial technology, is really the digitization of financial services that previously leaned in an analog direction, lending, trading & investing, payments, banking and more. While the benefits to consumers and business… Read More

November 27, 2019 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood, a Fintech that seeks to provide a growing number of banking services, has pulled its application for a national bank charter filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), according to a report by CNBC. Robinhood filed for a “Charter National… Read More

November 18, 2019 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is proposing to “clarify” the “valid when made” issue regarding lending. The OCC is soliciting comments now on the proposal. To quote the OCC: “[the proposed] rule to clarify that when a national bank or savings… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Customers Lose as Fintech Charter Shot Down by US District Court This week, Judge Victor Marrero of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in its ongoing legal battle to… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has been rebuffed once again in its attempt to stymie looming Fintech banking competition. In a decision issued yesterday (September 3, 2019), the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the CSBS pursuit of a… Read More

May 19, 2019 @ 9:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting testified in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The hearing was entitled, “Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness and Accountability of Megabanks and Other Depository Institutions.” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency… Read More

May 3, 2019 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The US District Court Southern District of New York has greenlighted the lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency filed by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS). The legal battle is an ongoing attack by DFS to challenge OCC’s Fintech… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 2:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has opened a consultation on a proposed Innovation Pilot Program. The OCC charters, regulates, and supervises national banks and federal savings associations. The OCC has also been a proponent of a Fintech Charter but as of… Read More

April 20, 2019 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood, a Fintech brokerage firm that combines traditional securities with digital assets in a single app, has applied for a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), according to a report by the San Francisco Business Times. Last December,… Read More

January 6, 2019 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Late last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated Linda Lacewell to become Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services. Lacewell will replace Maria T. Vullo who announced on December 19th her intent to depart the agency after three years. Vullo will… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple federal agencies have come together to encourage banks to innovate when it comes to compliance. The statement is part of a governmental working group that has been created to collaborate between some of the financial regulatory entities. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency… Read More

October 28, 2018 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

CI reported last month that the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) was considering filing a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Once again, the CSBS mission is a legal challenge to the much debated OCC Fintech Charter. Last week, the… Read More

October 20, 2018 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lawless, ill-conceived, and destabilizing of financial markets. While most level headed individuals will have the opinion this statement best describes the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) and their anti-Fintech point of view, think again. This is how the DFS describes the Office… Read More

September 13, 2018 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a post on the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), the group is gearing up for more litigation pertaining to the renewed push by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and their Fintech Charter. The CSBS is a national lobbying… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

At the end of July, the US Department of Treasury published a wide-sweeping document on Fintech innovation in the US and what must be done to boost innovation in financial services. While much of the document addressed much needed regulatory reform and overlapping state and… Read More

August 8, 2018 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will be holding Innovation Office Hours, September 25-27, 2018, in New York. The open office hours are timely as the OCC just recently announced it will start accepting Fintech Charters for special purpose national banks. The… Read More

August 3, 2018 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

After years of discussion, and multiple attempts by traditional finance to block a Fintech Charter offered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), in a surprise move the OCC announced this week it would begin accepting applications from Fintechs to gain a… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial Innovation Now (FIN), the group that represents big techs interest in Fintech, has issued a comment on the decision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to move forward with a Fintech Charter following the release of a report on Fintech by… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced its intent to move forward with Fintech Charters following a policy document on Fintech published by the US Department of Treasury. The announcement was accompanied by an update to the OCC’s licensing manual. The document… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following a report on Fintech published by the US Department of Treasury that encouraged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to move forward with Fintech Charters, the OCC announced it has begun accepting applications for “national bank charters from non-depository financial technology… Read More