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.
FinCEN issued the first government-wide list of priorities concerning anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing policy.
At a meeting of the OCC, FDIC and President's Working Group on Financial Markets, the PWG stated its intent to address regulatory gaps with respect to stablecoins in the coming months.
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.