Ebrima Santos Sanneh covers the Treasury, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for American Banker. He is a native of Providence, R.I. and a 2020 graduate of UCLA. Before joining American Banker he worked as a staffer for Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
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The scheme used fake bank reps, social engineering and crypto to loot U.S. accounts across borders, according to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
June 18 -
At a preliminary injunction hearing seeking to determine whether two sidelined appointees are shielded by removal protections, a federal judge pressed both sides on whether the independent credit union agency exercises executive power.
June 13 -
Shelia Bair, who chaired the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from 2006 to 2011, said that while post-crisis reforms may have overregulated banks, the current deregulatory swing could undermine important protections and lead to another banking crisis.
June 10 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood responded to a letter from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors regarding federal preemption of state banking laws by saying that the agency's standards comply with the law, court precedent and White House policy.
June 9 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sent a draft proposal to revise the supplemental leverage ratio to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a first step toward revising the leverage rule.
June 9 -
Congressional Democrats offered a bill Friday requiring the Treasury Department to apply the anti-money-laundering requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act more fully and help educate small businesses on how to comply with reporting of beneficial ownership information.
June 6 -
Some Wall Street investors are beginning to doubt whether the harshest outcomes of President Trump's tariff threats will materialize. But in the absence of certainty, banks still face real challenges in M&A and long-term strategy.
June 5 -
The acting chair argued for a simplified capital hike, criticized past approaches to bank mergers and signaled movement on the FDIC board could be coming soon.
June 3 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood signals rollback of key safeguards like the supplemental leverage ratio, aligning with administration's push to ease bank capital demands and spur credit.
June 3 -
The request for information was issued as part of an executive order aimed at eliminating paper checks as a form of federal payment in most cases, which the administration says aims to curb fraud, modernize disbursements.
May 30 -
In a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the American Bankers Association rebuffed state regulators' calls to rescind the agency's broad state preemption rule, defending federal law's supremacy in the dual banking system.
May 29 -
The quarterly data showed bank profits were driven by gains at large firms while credit quality remained mixed, with commercial real estate loan stress at relatively high levels.
May 28 -
Agency lawyers called the rule, which was almost a decade in the making, "unlawful" in a court filing.
May 27 -
More than 200 employees are exiting the National Credit Union Administration as the credit union regulator pursues its Trump-era mandate to shrink government and slash operating costs.
May 22 -
Andrew Blassie, a former executive at Illinois-based Bank of O'Fallon, pleaded guilty to inflating bank accounts, defrauding retirees and abusing insider access, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Office of the Inspector General.
May 22 -
As private credit tops $1 trillion, Fed researchers warn bank exposure to the sector could spark systemic risk if defaults spike.
May 21 -
As the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Deposit Insurance Fund inches toward replenishment, acting Chair Travis Hill suggested that banks should be assessed on a range of metrics rather than insured deposits alone.
May 20 -
The Senate's version of a stablecoin regulation bill cleared a key procedural hurdle as the Senate voted 66-32 to invoke cloture on the legislation. A final vote on the Senate floor is expected within weeks.
May 20 -
The spending and tax package, which includes bank-friendly provisions, tax perks and GOP priorities, cleared a procedural hurdle after fiscal conservatives withdrew their objections over the weekend.
May 19 -
Credit unions' federal tax exemption survived as the House Ways and Means Committee cleared Trump-backed tax cut extensions, but the issue could reemerge as a pay-for in final budget negotiations.
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