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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the first really big enforcement action from the OCC during the second Trump administration.

Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The OCC alleged that AmEx didn't sufficient AML controls on its credit card accounts, resulting in the bank not reporting up to $13 billion in suspected trade-based money laundering activity over a 10-year span. The Fed also issued an enforcement action.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Godzilla movies work best when it's about a dysfunctional or traumatized society confronting a giant monster. Not whatever the dumb American Godzilla movies are about.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Listen, Shin Godzilla isn't Godzilla Minus One. But it rules and you should see it.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When did Mike Francesa start sounding like Sylvester the Cat?

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just got a PR pitch about how banks can prepare for the age of quantum computing. Are we no longer worried about that? Just trying to keep up here.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Name I've Not Heard

ALT: Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Name I've Not Heard

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We watched Grosse Point Blank last week and I had forgotten Minnie Driver's valiant battle with the Michigan accent that she conceded halfway through the movie.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As the great Mike Emrick would say, "What chaos!"

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And I've heard the notifications are going out. But Treasury is unlikely to issue a list of recipients and there are questions about contract terms. An attorney for one of the plaintiffs said that some CDFIs were told they didn't get funding, but were then later told they might.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As per usual, I'm jealous of a story Emily wrote.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Treasury Department last week said it's going to get community development financial institution funding out the door ahead of a 9/30 deadline. But it didn't say how much, and they're not getting the benefit of the doubt. Hence, this lawsuit. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Treasury Sued Again on Community Lender Funds as Deadline Looms

The Trump administration was hit with another lawsuit over delays in awarding nearly $300 million to community lenders around the country as a deadline to distribute the money nears.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm sure they'll get to the bottom of it this time.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking as a New Yorker, I'm very happy that I have no idea what you're talking about.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's an update on the OCC layoffs yesterday: 1) Around 50 people received reduction-in-force notices. 2) Those people rejected a buyout offer sent to around 200 people in June. 3) The OCC has lost around 30% of its staff since early 2025. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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National Bank Regulator Begins Round of Layoffs, Union Says (1)

The regulator overseeing the retail units of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., and Citigroup Inc. has initiated another round of job cuts, a union representing federal employees told Bl...

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you were affected by the latest OCC RIF and want to talk, you can find me on Signal at reporterev.85.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We don't know how many people are affected by the new round of layoffs, or how many people took a buyout offer that was extended in June. But as the number of banks the OCC oversees gets bigger, the number of people doing so gets smaller again.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Longshot I know, but any folks who follow me here work at the OCC? I have a quick question.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Several members of the House Financial Services Committee were set to ask Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the money--which is set to expire 9/30--this morning. The release came out a few minutes before his testimony.

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Andy Bernard: Not A Coincidence At All

ALT: Andy Bernard: Not A Coincidence At All

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Treasury Department said it's going to issue funds Congress allocated to CDFIs for fiscal 2025. But it didn't say how much of the approximately $300 million is going out and who's getting it. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Treasury Beats Deadline for Awarding Community Lender Funds (1)

The Treasury Department announced it’s awarding funds to support community lenders, just weeks before a deadline to distribute the money allocated by Congress.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Enova withdrew its application to buy Grasshopper Bank in a win for consumer advocates. Enova CEO Steve Cunningham said the OCC and the Fed didn't object to the deal. The two regulators just let the application sit there for eight months without action. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Enova Scraps Grasshopper Bank Deal, Blaming ‘Political Pressure’

Online lender Enova International Inc. canceled its proposed acquisition of Grasshopper Bancorp Inc., citing “political pressure” and a lack of clear standards from federal banking regulators.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's more difficult than turning on Channel 4 in New York?

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The first time I felt something other than shock, fear, or grief after the attacks was watching two national guardsman bickering about parallel parking their giant truck at the barracks near my building with their thick New York City accents.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of the benefits of working in the Empire State Building is the view. We were on the 34th Floor, and the conference room faced south. You could see the smoke for a long time.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

During the course of the day, I saw firetrucks from my hometown of New Rochelle and other departments from outside the city fighting the traffic on Second Ave. to get down and help. And a friend who didn't want to fight his way to Jersey City stayed at my place.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A group of coworkers and I hustled off to one of their apartments to watch the towers collapse on TV. They were still standing when I turned around. When I got to the office days later I had several messages from friends and family who knew I worked in a landmark building but forgot which one.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I didn't know about the attack until I saw all my coworkers on the street on Fifth Ave. and 33rd Street and they told me to turn around. This is your reminder that New York is big and it's easy to not notice stuff because of it.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

After I voted, I turned north again, up Third Ave. to walk to work at a nonprofit in the Empire State Building. Third Ave. goes north, and it was quiet, so I didn't think much of it.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm sure I've told this story before, but I lived on 27th Street and Third Ave. on 9/11. It was a beautiful Tuesday and I went out to vote in a primary. I walked north and was listening to U2's "All that You Can't Leave Behind" on my Discman (look it up kiddos).

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wrote about a former top CFPB examiner who's gone to court to get the agency and Russell Vought to return a shredder and pedestal fan that were in the New York office before I went on vacation. Someone made a T-shirt to commemorate the fight. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

A t-shirt commemorating a former CFPB examiner's fight to get his shredder back from Russell Vought.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's the rare Milton/Walter Sobchal combo. Never before seen in nature.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Folks, this is a world-class hater.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's a story about one man's fight to get his shredder back from the CFPB. “I’m prepared to continue this forever,” Nicholas Chicorikas said in federal court today. “Literally forever.” news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Ex-CFPB Examiner’s Fight for His Shredder Heads to Federal Court

All Nicholas Chicorikas wants is his paper shredder, but he’ll to have to beat the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in federal court to get it.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That said, I remember my first reaction after seeing the movie was to tell my mom that I needed a whole new set of Transformers. I did not get a whole new set of Transformers.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I still haven't shown the boys (one of whom is old enough to drive!) the Transformers movie because I don't think they can handle the trauma. I still can't handle it!

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

These headlines will never stop bringing joy. I'm just imagining Letitia James pulling up in a van with crates and crates of eggs.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

That's right near my kid's middle school, and every few weeks he'll just come home and say he popped into a movie after school. He's gonna be so sad! It was a pretty good theater, too. I used to go a lot when I lived in the neighborhood.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The only thing worse than waking up with a Billy Joel song caught in my head is waking up with a Steve Miller Band song caught in my head. Abracadabra, my day so far has been a slog.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I couldn't make it out to Denver for the arguments, so again, my plea: If you're an attorney arguing, and you know you're oral arguments are only going to have the audio livestreamed, please identify the judges you're talking to. It makes my life so much easier, and that's the most important thing.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And I don't do predictions, just in case you were planning to go blow a couple of bucks on this. Please, don't go blow a couple of bucks on this.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For those in the know, that's the DIDMCA opt-out law. Oregon passed one earlier this year as well.

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Evan Weinberger @reporterev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The full 10th Circuit heard a case challenging a 2023 law allowing it to go after loans issued to Colorado by banks in other states that violate Colorado's interest rate caps. There was some support for the law from the bench, but much more skepticism. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Colorado Interest Rate Law Gets Tough Tenth Circuit Questioning

Several Tenth Circuit judges appeared unswayed by Colorado’s bid to revive a law barring banks chartered in other states from offering loans that violate its interest rate caps to state residents.

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