Commentary by Nihal Patel
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.
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.
The Federal Reserve Board, the CFPB, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration and the OCC extended a request for information and comments on financial institutions' use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Federal banking agencies urged banks to pursue innovative approaches to meeting Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering ("BSA/AML") compliance obligations. In a joint statement, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, FinCEN, the National Credit Union Administration and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "agencies") stated that innovation - including the use of artificial intelligence, digital identity technologies and internal financial intelligence units - has the potential to augment banks' programs for risk identification, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity