by divorced one like Bush The OCC is: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The OCC was established in 1863 as a bureau of the U.S. Department of the…

…objectives and legal responsibilities from the private interests of banks, conflicting views occasionally occur about what should be done on modeling and validation, he said. “When that happens—when the occasional…

This site dedicated to OCC watching offers a little background for us in the changes being made with banking rules. In January, 2004 the OCC issued two related and sweeping…

…action against predatory or abusive lenders. That’s just plain wrong. The OCC extensively regulates the activities of national banks, including mortgage lending. The OCC established strong protections against predatory lending…

…OCC did vigorously develop new consumer protection regulations, which it does not, the OCC does not have enough staff to detect and prevent problems for consumers at big and small…

rdan Seeking Alpha’s Matthew Goldstein notes that the OCC is continuing the last decade of regulatory non-action. The OCC, in its quarterly derivatives report, routinely notes that the Big Four…

…rule changes by the OCC in 2008 at the link. A generic regulation search engine is at this link. OCC Watch is not current, but other sites will be researched….

rdan I was going to do another piece on the OCC and performance as a regulating agency, but Baseline Scenario did a great job already:John Dugan and the OCC. Does…

…the OCC acting in good faith in letting banks off the hook for their past predatory lending practices? Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism labels it a sellout at the expense…

…capture all 50 state attorneys general and the OCC, than it is just the OCC alone. Make no mistake, the head of the OCC, John Dugan, a holdover from the…