Recently, the FDIC released a list of administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in May 2024. During that month, the FDIC made public 15 orders consisting of: a combined personal consent order and order to pay a civil money penalty (CMP); “one combined order of prohibition from further participation, and compromise and waiver of order to pay a CMP; seven consent orders; three CMP orders; two orders terminating consent orders; and one order terminating deposit insurance.”

Included was a consent order with an Oklahoma-based bank alleging the bank engaged in “unsafe or unsound banking practices and violations of law or regulation.” Under the order, the bank must allow its board to participate more in the bank’s affairs, notify the FDIC if any directors or executives resign, and create a business plan and a capital plan, among others. Also included was a consent order with an Arkansas-based bank, alleging the bank engaged in “violations of law or regulation” relating to RESPA, as implemented by Regulation X; HMDA, as implemented by Regulation C; Section 5 of the FTC Act; and the FCRA and Section 1022.54 of Regulation V. The FDIC ordered the bank to pay a civil money penalty of $1.5 million. The banks neither admitted nor denied the allegations.