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OCC Approves NYCB/Flagstar Merger

Once finalized, the combined entity will operate nearly 400 branches across nine states, and its mortgage division will operate nationally through 81 retail lending offices in 26 states, with a wholesale network of approximately 3,000 third-party originators.

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Goldman Sachs Re-configures Employee Compliance Program

The Federal Reserve Board ordered Goldman Sachs Group to pay a civil money penalty for its unauthorized use and disclosure of confidential supervisory information and to implement an enhanced program to ensure the proper use of confidential supervisory information.

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Federal Agencies Announce Thresholds to Classify Small, Intermediate Small Institutions

Federal bank regulatory agencies have announced the newly-adjusted asset-size thresholds that will be used to define financial institutions under Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. According to a press release from the Federal Reserve Board, the CRA requires the thresholds to be adjusted annually in order to define institutions as either small banks, small savings associations, intermediate small banks, or intermediate small savings associations for CRA examinations. These asset-size classifications determine how institutions are evaluated under different CRA examination procedures, and determine whether or not financial institutions are subject to certain reporting requirements; those that are classified small or intermediate small are not subject to the same reporting requirements as large financial institutions.

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Fed, SEC Approve Risk Retention Rule

The residential mortgage loan risk retention rule, known as the "qualified residential mortgage" (QRM) rule, was approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the last two of six federal agencies to approve the rule, according to the Fed.

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