Bank Regulation news and trends

OCC Updates Cyber Audit Rules for Banks
Bank Regulation // September 21, 2026

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said in a bulletin released Monday (Sept. 21) that it updated the structure and references of the OCC Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program (CSW) used by examiners, without adding or changing any procedures. The changes to the...

State Regulators Give Banks an AI Exam Playbook as Federal Gap Persists
Artificial Intelligence // September 18, 2026

State banking regulators are giving financial institutions a clearer view of how examiners may assess artificial intelligence, including generative AI systems that remain outside federal model-risk guidance. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released an Artificial Intelligence Supervisory Framework Tuesday (Sept. 16) for state-chartered banks and state-licensed nonbank...

House Votes to Modernize Bank Oversight and Kill the Penny
Legal & Regulation // September 17, 2026

A bill that would require financial regulators to assess their technological capabilities and identify ways to make examinations more efficient, effective and responsive was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this week, the House Financial Services Committee said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press...

Banks Use AI Agents to Catch Compliance Drift Earlier
Banking // September 17, 2026

Watch more: Digital Shift With Flagright’s Chris Phillips Financial institutions have spent years stalking the risks and opportunities that artificial intelligence brings to their security-critical space. Then came AI agents. These agents could give banks something their existing financial crime operations struggle to produce: investigations...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Fraud Economy Has a Supply Chain, and Erin West Is Going After It

September 28, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Operation Shamrock’s Erin West The morning before she spoke with PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, Erin West took a call from a man in Arizona who had lost $4.5 million to an investment scam. He’d done everything a victim is told to do. He reported it to local police, to […]

Banks Use AI Agents to Catch Compliance Drift Earlier

September 17, 2026
Watch more: Digital Shift With Flagright’s Chris Phillips Financial institutions have spent years stalking the risks and opportunities that artificial intelligence brings to their security-critical space. Then came AI agents....

Stablecoin KYC Debate Moves to Exchanges and Wallets

August 24, 2026
A stablecoin may pass through several wallets and intermediaries before someone tries to turn it back into dollars. Federal regulators now have to decide which of those relationships requires someone...

Open Banking Moves From Access to Economics

July 07, 2026
Open banking has been discussed as another way to move money, where debate over who controls the data that makes those payments possible is giving way to how that data...

Quick Reads
OCC Updates Cyber Audit Rules for Banks

September 21, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said in a bulletin released Monday (Sept. 21) that it updated the structure and references of the OCC Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program (CSW) used by examiners, without adding or changing any procedures. The changes to the CSW include updating the structure to align with the updated […]

House Votes to Modernize Bank Oversight and Kill the Penny

September 17, 2026
A bill that would require financial regulators to assess their technological capabilities and identify ways to make examinations more efficient, effective and responsive was passed by the U.S. House of...

Brazil’s Itaú Wins Preliminary US Charter to Serve Wealthy Clients

August 24, 2026
Brazil-based bank Itaú Unibanco Holdings S.A. has secured preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a new national bank in the United States...

Fed and FDIC Move to Raise Regulation O Insider Lending Caps

August 03, 2026
The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have each proposed raising the thresholds of credit that banks can extend to insiders. The Fed’s proposal would revise its...