On October 29, 2025, the ABA Banking Journal reported that a federal court issued an order preventing the CFPB from enforcing its rule on financial data sharing while the bureau reassesses the regulation. The CFPB  finalized the rule in October 2025 that requires financial institutions, credit card issuers, and other financial providers to unlock an individual’s personal financial data and transfer it to another provider at the consumer’s request for free. 

On October 28, 2025, the CFPB published an interpretive rule to clarify that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) generally preempts State laws that touch on broad areas of credit reporting, consistent with Congress's intent to create national standards for the credit reporting system. The interpretive rule replaces a July 2022 interpretive rule that the Bureau withdrew in May 2025.

On October 23, 2025, FinCEN published a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) identifying approximately $9 billion of potential Iranian shadow banking activity that occurred through U.S. correspondent accounts in 2024. The analysis draws on reports from U.S. financial institutions about transactions before the maximum pressure campaign and supplements FinCEN’s June advisory on Iran’s illicit oil smuggling, shadow banking, and weapons procurement activities.

On October 15, 2025, the OCC updated its Equal Housing Lender poster template in accordance with Executive Order 14224 “Designating English as the Official Language of the United States.” The E.O. designates English as the official language of the United States and instructs agencies to make decisions as they deem necessary to fulfill their respective missions and efficiently provide government services to the American people.