Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency news and trends

OCC Combines Supervision Activities and Elevates Information Technology and Security
Bank Regulation // April 16, 2025

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Wednesday (April 16) that it will combine some of its supervision activities; blend its risk identification, analysis and policy efforts; and elevate its Information Technology and Security (ITS) function. These organizational changes will be effective...

Report: OCC Hack Prompts Information Sharing Limits From Big Banks
Bank Regulation // April 14, 2025

A Bloomberg report released late Monday (April 14) says that JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon have scaled back electronic information sharing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) following a significant breach of the regulator’s email system. Bloomberg cited...

OCC Notifies Congress of ‘Major Security Incident’ Involving Email Access
Cybersecurity // April 08, 2025

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Tuesday (April 8) that it notified Congress of a “major security incident” in which there was unauthorized access to OCC emails and email attachments. The agency discovered some unusual activity on Feb. 11, activated its...

OCC’s Hood Sees Value in Using Alternative Data to Expand Credit Access
credit frictions // March 31, 2025

On Monday (March 31), PYMNTS Intelligence reported that for impulse and emergency purchases alike, a sizable segment of consumers are slightly more likely to pay with credit than cash. Roughly a third opt to use credit cards. More than a third of impulse and unplanned expenses...

Interviews & Exclusives
OCC Says Banks Can Hold Crypto, but Should They?

March 10, 2025
Blockchain and banking have, since the former’s inception, operated almost entirely at odds. Cryptocurrencies, after all, were invented as a decentralized method to store value, designed to operate outside of the intermediaries and custodial third parties that make up the traditional, regulated financial system. The original bitcoin whitepaper’s very first sentence talks about the goal […]

Financial Services Regulation in 2025: More of the Same or Radical Shift?

December 24, 2024
This year was marked by a steady drumbeat of regulations and rules — and requests from regulators for information and comments from financial services players — touching on everything from...

Lawmakers Lobby for One-Size-Fits-All Regulations for Banks and FinTechs

November 01, 2024
Among the central debates of regulation, what we might term even the jurisdiction of the regulators — no matter the industry — might boil down to a stark question: States...

From Partnerships to Problem Banks: FDIC Report Looms Large

September 03, 2024
Technology and third-party relationships — with service providers and digitally-focused FinTechs — have helped transform banks’ operations. Banks have been able to pivot fully into the digital age, serving a...

Quick Reads
Capital One Expects Discover Acquisition to Close May 18 After Gaining Approvals

April 18, 2025
Capital One and Discover Financial Services said Friday (April 18) that they have received all required regulatory approvals to complete Capital One’s proposed acquisition of Discover. With approvals announced Friday by the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the companies now expect the transaction to close May 18, […]

OCC Combines Supervision Activities and Elevates Information Technology and Security

April 16, 2025
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Wednesday (April 16) that it will combine some of its supervision activities; blend its risk identification, analysis and policy efforts;...

Report: OCC Hack Prompts Information Sharing Limits From Big Banks

April 14, 2025
A Bloomberg report released late Monday (April 14) says that JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon have scaled back electronic information sharing with the Office of the Comptroller...

OCC Notifies Congress of ‘Major Security Incident’ Involving Email Access

April 08, 2025
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Tuesday (April 8) that it notified Congress of a “major security incident” in which there was unauthorized access to OCC...