The courts rejected arguments that the Federal Reserve Banks are required to grant master accounts to all legally eligible depository institutions. We analyze the rulings and their broade...
This update analyzes comments that the FDIC received from a wide range of stakeholders on its corporate governance proposal. Not surprisingly, commenters are overwhelmingly opposed.
The OCC’s proposed changes to its approach to Bank Merger Act applications are a missed opportunity to provide certainty around bank mergers in an uncertain market.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council released its 2023 Annual Report, highlighting its 2023 activities, significant financial market and regulatory developments and potential emergin...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) finalized the special assessment to recoup losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) from protecting uninsured depositors following the c...
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) revised its interpretive guidance and analytic framework for FSOC’s authority to designate nonbank financial companies for Federal Reser...
The Federal Reserve OIG issued a report on SVB’s failure. Media reports have described it as nearly identical to the Barr Report. The report is more critical of the supervisory staff. I...
The federal banking agencies’ 1,087-page Basel III endgame proposal, released on July 27 after split votes at both the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, has roiled the banking sector. The p...
