On November 21, 2024, the CFPB finalized a rule to supervise the largest nonbank companies offering digital funds transfer and payment wallet apps. The rule will help the CFPB to ensure that these companies follow federal law just like large banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions already supervised by the CFPB. 

On November 15, 2024, the Federal Reserve Board issued its November 2024 Supervision and Regulation Report. The report summarizes banking conditions and the Federal Reserve’s supervisory and regulatory activities, in conjunction with semiannual testimony before Congress by the Vice Chair for Supervision.

On November 13, 2024, the Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) announced the expansion of FedDetect Duplicate Notification for Check Services to include commercial checks, alongside its existing Treasury check notification service. Financial institutions can now see deposit information and images of potential duplicate items for commercial checks, supplementing their existing check fraud mitigation tools.

On November 13, 2024, the CFPB released a study revealing significant disparities in how lenders treat Black and white small business owners seeking loans. The study was a result of a matched-pair testing conducted by the CFPB and the DOJ to test for and detect differential treatment of fictitious well-qualified Black and white small business owners seeking credit at large bank lenders in two counties.

On November 13, 2024, FinCEN issued a notice and request for comments on the proposed information collection associated with the requirement to report information about certain residential real estate transfers, as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers final rule published on August 29, 2024. Comments will be accepted until January 13, 2025.

On November 12, 2024, the CFPB published a report ‘State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data” which summarizes the state laws that give consumers more control over their data, how these rights complement the protections under federal law, and the gaps in protection that result from state law exemptions for financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). 

On November 7, 2024, the CFPB took action against Navy Federal Credit Union for charging illegal overdraft fees. In a statement, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said that Navy Federal illegally harvested tens of millions of dollars in junk fees, including from active duty servicemembers and veterans.