On January 31, 2025, the FDIC announced that federal bank regulatory agencies will hold a virtual public outreach meeting on March 6, 2025, as part of their review of regulations, as required by law.  The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act (EGRPRA) requires the agencies, with input from the public, to review their regulations at least once every 10 years to identify any outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements applicable to their supervised institutions.

On January 30, 2025, the CFPB ordered the international remittance company Wise to pay nearly $2.5 million for a series of illegal actions, including advertising inaccurate fees and failing to properly disclose exchange rates and other costs. Wise is a publicly traded global electronic money services provider that allows customers to send, receive, and store remittances through a mobile app, prepaid accounts, and debit cards. 

Our Winter 2025 Quarterly Compliance Update is now available in our store and automatically available to Premium Members. (PREMIUM MEMBERS: To access the program, click the “class login” link on our site and choose the quarterly update from the list.) Our Winter 2025 Quarterly Compliance Update covers all of the regulatory activity that took place during the last quarter of 2024 and is a great way for financial institutions to stay up-to-date on the activity that took place in the regulatory compliance world. Plus, part II of the program focuses on the Reconsideration of Value (ROV) as it relates to appraisals. You can learn more about this program www.compliancecohort.com/winter-2025-quarterly-compliance-update.

The enrollment period for our three premium membership options is happening right now and this includes our Premium Pro option.  Premium Pro is our "all access" plan where members have access to every training program in our store, as well as every new training program we release throughout the year.  In other words, it includes all of our training programs for one bundled price. Just like our Premium Silver and Premium Gold memberships, there is a limited enrollment period to sign up, so don't wait too long to decide if Premium Pro is a fit for you. To sign up for our Premium Pro membership or to learn more about the three membership options, go to www.compliancecohort.com/premim-membership.

On January 24, 2025, FinCEN updated its Alert published Beneficial Ownership Reporting webpage to inform that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN despite the Supreme Court’s stay of the nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in Texas (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry—formerly, Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland). 

On January 17, 2025, the CFPB ordered the American Honda Finance Corporation to pay $12.8 million for reporting inaccurate information that affected the credit reports of 300,000 people who drive Honda and Acura vehicles. Honda Finance is a nonbank automotive finance company for American Honda Motor Co., Inc., whose business is the purchase and servicing of loans and leases arranged by Honda and Acura dealerships.