Commentary by Steven Lofchie
Participants in the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum highlighted cross-border interagency coordination on (i) financial stability, (ii) climate-related financial risks, (iii) banking and insurance regulation and supervision, (iv) capital markets, (v) operational resilience, (vi) digital finance and (vii) AML/CFT compliance.
In a joint statement, the Federal Reserve Board, the CFPB, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration and the OCC, as well as state bank and credit union regulators, emphasized the importance of continued progress in transitioning away from LIBOR.
The Federal Reserve Board, CFPB, FDIC, OCC, National Credit Union Administration and state financial regulators alerted mortgage servicers that they will resume their respective pre-pandemic supervisory and enforcement approaches towards noncompliance with mortgage-servicing rules.
At a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting on June 11, 2021, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles encouraged the move toward the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and warned banks that the use of USD LIBOR quotes available after December 2021 for new products would create safety-and-soundness risks.
The Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, FinCEN, the NCUA and the OCC reminded banks to apply a risk-based approach when assessing customer relationships and conducting customer due diligence on anti-money laundering risks.