BRIEFLY: Former state regulator up for top Fed supervisor seat, reports say; Nebraska turns back bank purchase by CU; CFPB calls out credit reporting agencies
(Jan. 7, 2022) Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Maryland financial institution regulator who also served as a deputy Treasury secretary and member of the Federal Reserve Board, is under consideration for another stint at the central bank: as Federal Reserve Board vice chair for supervision. Washington news outlets this week were reporting that Raskin is under consideration for the post by President Biden. If confirmed, Raskin would be only the second occupant in post, succeed Randal Quarles (the first), who resigned late last year after his term in that role ended … Reports this week indicated that the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance rejected the purchase of a Nebraska bank by an Iowa credit union. The agency said that GreenState Credit Union of North Liberty, Iowa, could not purchase the assets of Premier Bank, based on Omaha. According to the agency’s ruling, the bank did not carry its burden of proof to show “that there is express power under federal law for a national bank to sell substantially all of its assets,” at least in this case. Premier Bank is reportedly appealing the decision … The three big credit bureaus “failed to fully respond to consumers with errors,” a report released this week by the CFPB charged. The bureau said its report, which represented a new analysis, showed that in 2021, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion together reported relief in response to less than 2% of covered complaints, down from nearly 25% of covered complaints in 2019. The report looks at errors in credit reports as recounted by consumers to the credit reporting agencies. According to CFPB, consumers submitted more than 700,000 complaints to the bureau regarding Equifax, Experian and TransUnion from January 2020 through September 2021. Those complaints, the bureau said, represented more than 50% of all complaints received by the agency for that period.
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