Community Federal Savings Bank

A New York federal savings association under an OCC order since April 2026 over its payment processing line.

Community Federal Savings Bank is a federal savings association in Woodhaven, New York, supervised by the OCC. Its consent order AA-ENF-2025-21, dated April 24, 2026 and made public on May 21, 2026, finds that since 2020 the bank “has significantly grown its payment processing line, relative to its size”, including cross-border wire and ACH activity with foreign financial institutions, without matching controls.

It requires a compliance committee, a 90-day action plan subject to OCC no-objection, an independent BSA program assessment, a risk assessment covering product lines and third-party relationships, and an independent lookback of suspicious activity.

Country
United States
Primary federal regulator
OCC
Charter type
Federal savings association
FDIC certificate number
57129
Publicly announced fintech partners
Wise (money transmission offered through Community Federal Savings Bank in certain states, per Wise)
Synctera (announced CFSB as a partner bank in September 2021)
Enforcement actions (regulator records)
DocumentRegulatorIssuedStatus
AA-ENF-2025-21 consent order (BSA/AML, payment processing line)OCCApr 24, 2026In force
Date checked

Questions

Is Community Federal Savings Bank under an OCC consent order?
Yes. OCC consent order AA-ENF-2025-21 of April 24, 2026 was in force on September 26, 2026.
What does the CFSB consent order require?
A BSA/AML action plan, an independent program assessment, a risk assessment of product lines and third-party relationships, and a suspicious activity lookback.
Which fintechs work with Community Federal Savings Bank?
Wise says its money transmission in certain states is offered through CFSB, and Synctera announced CFSB as a partner bank in 2021.

See also

Sources

Source: FDIC BankFind, the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve enforcement records and state regulators’ orders, plus partner announcements by the banks or fintechs, as linked in each profile. How we build and refresh profiles: methodology.

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