52 results about this entity
Period: 20 Mar 2006 - 04 Nov 2024
Company announcement
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today provided additional detail on evaluating national bank charter applications from financial technology (fintech) companies that engage in the business of banking.
16 March 2017
News
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry says the oversight body will persist with plans to offer banking charters to fintech companies, dismissing criticisms that the agency is over-reaching its authority.
07 March 2017
A turf war is brewing between US state and federal regulators over oversight of the financial technology sector after New York's top watchdog sent a stinging letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), telling it to back off plans for a national bank charter for fintech firms.
17 January 2017
Emerging financial technology poses a threat to US banks that are unable to compete with this developing field, according to an official report from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
06 January 2017
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is to begin accepting applications from fintech companies to become special-purpose national banks.
02 December 2016
A top US regulatory body, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), is to set up a dedicated innovation office to "identify, understand, and respond" to the changing banking landscape.
27 October 2016
US regulators have set out plans to strengthen the way they oversee big banks in a bid to protect the country's financial system in the event of a major cyberattack or technology failure.
19 October 2016
A key US banking regulator is set to develop a framework for governing new fintech startups, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
29 March 2016
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is contemplating setting up a fintech innovation unit to help regulated financial institutions compete on an equal footing with non-bank providers of financial services.
13 August 2015
American banking regulators are sending staffers with "little or no" tech training to carry out IT examinations at smaller institutions, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
03 July 2015
JPMorgan Chase has been sanctioned by US regulators for failures in its risk management operations after it lost more than $6.2 billion on a single credit derivatives trade.
15 January 2013
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has updated risk management guidance for banks dealing with third party payments processors working for merchant clients following its probe into a scam at Wachovia which found that a lack of oversight and control allowed telemarketers to swindle thousands of elderly customers.
29 April 2008
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