Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000801337-25-000004
Chunk: 149

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 149
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 which an institution or its subsidiaries may engage in covered transactions with any one affiliate and with all affiliates in the aggregate, and (ii) requiring that all such transactions be on terms substantially the same, or at least favorable, to the institution or subsidiary as those provided to a non-affiliate. The term covered transaction includes the making of loans, purchase of assets, the issuance of a guarantee, and similar types of transactions. Certain covered transactions must be collateralized according to a schedule set forth in the statue. 

In addition, Section 22(h) of the FRA and Federal Reserve Regulation O restricts loans to directors, executive officers, and principal stockholders or insiders. Pursuant to Section 22(h), loans to directors, executive officers, and principal stockholders must be made on terms substantially the same as offered in comparable transactions to other persons, except that such insiders may receive preferential loans made under a benefit or compensation program that is widely available to the institution’s employees and does not give preference to the insider over the employees. Further, loans to insiders and their related interests may not exceed, together with all other outstanding loans to such persons and affiliated entities, the institution’s total capital and surplus. Loans to insiders above specified amounts must receive prior approval from the Company’s Board of Directors. Section 22(g) of the FRA places additional limitations on loans to executive officers.

Consumer Protection and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision

As an insured depository institution with more than $10 billion in total assets, the Bank is subject to supervision by the CFPB. The CFPB has been responsible for implementing, enforcing, and examining compliance with federal consumer financial protection laws. In early February 2025, employees of the CFPB were instructed to cease all supervision, investigations, enforcement, rulemaking, and stakeholder activities. It is unclear how long these instructions — which are the subject of ongoing litigation — will stay in force, either fully or partially. There are also a number of federal laws, which the Bank has been subject to, that are designed to protect borrowers and promote lending, including, but not limited to, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Real Estate Settlement Practices Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, and the Gramm Leach Bliley Act regarding Privacy of Consumer Financial Information.

Identity Theft

Certain regulated entities are required to establish programs to address risks of identity theft