The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is opening a new Financial Technology office to add expertise to the department, allowing them to better adapt to modern markets.
Read More »Q1 Mortgage Performance Makes Strides
New data from the first quarter continues to roll in as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported that the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the first quarter of 2022 by ...
Read More »OCC Finalizes Community Reinvestment Act Rule Changes
The final rule will increase bank CRA-related lending, investment, and services in low- and moderate-income communities. However, here's why some groups called the change a "dangerous distraction."
Read More »OCC Addresses Liquidity and Forbearance Issues
Click through to find out what the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's plan for servicers and lenders is beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »OCC Testing Financial Institution Risk and Capital
Here's how the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will use the data from its annual stress test scenarios to gain a better understanding of the health of the nation's banks and other financial institutions.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Readdressing the Community Reinvestment Act
Hear expert thoughts on Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting's proposal for the Community Reinvestment Act and more in The Week Ahead.
Read More »Federal Banking Agencies Address “Too Big to Fail”
Federal banking agencies recently proposed a rule to reduce the impact from failure from the largest banks. Here's what's in the proposed rule.
Read More »Otting’s Comptroller Nom Puts Dodd-Frank Under Microscope
In a mostly party-line vote, former OneWest Bank executive Joseph Otting was confirmed as nominee for Comptroller of the Currency. What will his tenure hold for the OCC?
Read More »Acting Comptroller Addresses Agency
Following the stepping down of Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry on Friday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appointed Keith Noreika as Acting Comptroller and designated him the First Deputy Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). On Monday, Noreika held his first address to OCC employees, expressing his eagerness to learn the agency.
Read More »OCC Head Stresses Collaboration in Maintaining Sound International Banking
If another banking crisis arises, as in 2008, OCC Head Thomas Curry says that banking practices used now will help to soften the blow and restore stability in the banking industry.
Read More »