Kyle Campbell covers the Federal Reserve and housing policy for American Banker. Previously, he wrote about institutional investment in real estate for PERE. He has also held staff positions at Real Estate Weekly, the New York Daily News and the Southampton Press.
The vice chair for supervision warned banks to be on the lookout for liquidity risks and illegal activity when dealing with the crypto sector.
The central bank has recently stepped up its efforts to reduce its balance sheet, but doing that without forcing a liquidity crunch requires careful planning.
In the master account lawsuit, the Fed says reserve banks aren't subject to administrative procedure law, and urges the court not to jeopardize the balance Congress has created with the Federal Reserve System.
The bank regulators have promised new guidelines for large regional bank resolution plans. Some say the move is overdue, but others say it doesn't go far enough.
Richard Ostrander will serve as general counsel for the reserve bank and sit on its executive committee. He will also advise the Federal Open Market Committee.
E-commerce transactions will fall under the same requirements that have long applied to in-person payments, according to a rule change the Federal Reserve Board finalized this week.
Interest rate increases by central banks have compounding effects and could exacerbate weaknesses in the global financial system, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard argued in a speech Friday.
The Federal Reserve, state supervisors and other bank regulators said they would not penalize institutions that work with impacted borrowers following devastating storms in Florida and Puerto Rico.
A half-dozen of the largest banks in the country will participate in the Federal Reserve's climate scenario analysis exercise next year. Findings from the program will inform supervision policies on managing climate and transition risks.
In a policy proposal published Tuesday, Fed staffers called for supervisory changes to accommodate banks with commercial real estate loans still reeling from COVID.
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said a shifting landscape has made it difficult for community banks to compete. She called for bank merger reform to make community bank M&A easier.
Republicans from the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committee argue the crypto bank should have been granted access to the Fed's payment systems, warn of 'dangerous precedent' on state banking regulation.
During a panel discussion with other central bankers, the Federal Reserve chair weighed in on digital currencies, public and private alike. He also called on Congress to pass authorizing legislation of digital-asset regulation.
A new proposal calls for systemically important transaction clearing firms to update their practices on handling risks related to cyberattacks and climate change.
The Federal Reserve's capital requirements came up repeatedly during this week's bank CEO hearings, with leading Republicans taking banks' position that capital requirements are excessive.
The Fed chair said actively selling securities will become necessary as it looks to reduce its balance sheet, but not anytime soon.
The former head of the agency said a decision last year to suspend caps on investor loans has further induced demand in an already hot market. Other experts say a supply-demand imbalance is the true driving force.
The Biden administration is officially neutral on the idea of a digital dollar, but a Treasury report released last week lauds potential "significant benefits" of a central bank digital currency.
A piece of legislation cleared the House this week that would allow for so-called "desktop appraisals" on properties financed by government-backed veteran loans.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating allegations that the real estate appraisal standards written by the Washington nonprofit perpetuate discrimination.