Federal Reserve Board

246 results about this entity

Period: 17 Feb 2006 - 17 Jan 2025

/crime

American Express pays $230 million for alleged deceptive sales

American Express has agreed to pay $230 million to settle charges for alleged deceptive sales of credit card and wire transfer products to small business customers.

/crypto

Stablecoins could rival cards - Fed payments expert

Stablecoins are going mainstream and could grow to rival credit and debit cards, predicts a payments expert at the Atlanta Fed.

/regulation

US regulators must take reins on fintech oversight - bank associations

US financial services regulators should take the reins on fintech oversight and stop expecting banks to independently police the sector, say the Bank Policy Institute and the Clearing House Association.

/payments

Fed governor Waller cool on interlinking fast payment systems

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller has cautioned against the clamour to interlink national fast payment systems, insisting that the US is focused on building up its FedNow network domestically.

/regulation

Fed terminates Silvergate Bank enforcement action

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the termination of an enforcement action with Silvergate Bank and its holding company, Silvergate Capital Corporation, both of La Jolla, California.

/regulation

US regulators seek info on bank-fintech relationships

US banking regulators have issued a warning on the potential risks associated with third-party deposit arrangements and made a call for more information on the relationships between lenders and fintechs.

/regulation

Fed fines Green Dot $44m

The Federal Reserve has fined Green Dot $44 million for "numerous" unfair and deceptive practices in the marketing, selling and servicing of its prepaid cards and its tax return preparation payment services.

/regulation

Citi fined $136m for lack of progress on fixing risk management flaws

Citi has been fined $135.6 million by US regulators for failing to make enough progress on fixing risk management and data governance deficiencies four years on from a cease and desist order.

/crypto

Crypto bank Silvergate pays $63m to settle regulator charges

The parent company of crypto-focused bank Silvergate has agreed to pay $63 million to settle US regulatory charges about its anti-money laundering programme and the losses sustained during the collapse of FTX.

/security

Evolve Bank confirms data stolen by ransomware gang

Days after claiming that it had hacked the US Federal Reserve, the Russia-linked LockBit ransomware gang has posted stolen customer data from Evolve Bank & Trust on the dark web.

/payments

Fed launches ScamClassifier model

The Federal Reserve has developed a tool, called the ScamClassifier model, to help the payments industry improve scam reporting, detection and mitigation.

/sustainable

US banks to struggle with climate risk data – Federal Reserve

According to a climate scenario analysis by the Federal Reserve, American banks are set to experience challenges in predicting the impact of climate change on their loan books due data and modelling difficulties.