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In another rollback of the bank trading ban, the federal agencies unveiled a plan to allow financial institutions to invest in multiple companies through certain fund structures.
January 30 -
The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.
January 30 -
The benefits include improved financial inclusion, the chairman of the NCUA argues.
January 30 -
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he was “comfortable” with a recent speech by Gov. Lael Brainard objecting to significant aspects of the Community Reinvestment Act plan proposed by the OCC and FDIC.
January 29 -
The country’s banks plan to raise overdraft rates to 40%, which has regulator watching; starting this year pay increases won’t be retroactive to Jan. 1.
January 29 -
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting upset some House Democrats when he was a no-show at a previous oversight hearing. They will now get a chance to question him about the future of the Community Reinvestment Act.
January 28 -
Regulators already finalized a rollback of the proprietary trading ban section of the rule but signaled then that their overhaul was not finished.
January 23 -
The comptroller of the currency stood firm in defense of his agency's proposal, saying skeptics of various parts of the draft framework do not have their facts straight.
January 22 -
The Massachusetts senator and presidential contender sent a letter to eight of the biggest U.S. banks asking about how they assess climate-related risks to assets and how they plan to mitigate social and economic fallout.
January 22 -
The body will include the Bank of England, Bank of Canada, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, but not the Federal Reserve or the People's Bank of China.
January 21 -
The central bank’s top regulatory official laid out a comprehensive set of proposals to update how the agency supervises banks — particularly large institutions — with an eye toward improving transparency.
January 17 -
The president tapped the pair in July for the two remaining vacancies, but the formal announcement of his intention to nominate them didn’t come until this week.
January 17 -
The central bank is aiming to finish a rule creating a streamlined capital buffer ahead of the upcoming round of stress testing, but industry experts say that timeline may be too ambitious.
January 16 -
As the regulatory agencies have struggled to reach a consensus, a proposal championed by Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has divided lawmakers and been assailed by community groups.
January 14 -
The Charlie Scharf era began with the company's lowest quarterly net income in more than nine years. Culprits included falling revenue, rising salaries and yet more financial fallout from the bank's sales scandal.
January 14 -
Lawmakers advanced legislation that would require financial regulators to give annual testimony to lawmakers and would mandate regular reports on cybersecurity efforts.
January 14 -
Lawmakers advanced legislation that would require banking regulators to give annual testimony to lawmakers and would mandate regular reports on cybersecurity efforts.
January 14 -
More than two years after efforts began to modernize enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act, regulators appear far apart on how to proceed.
January 9 -
Though she stopped short of mentioning the FDIC and OCC by name, Fed Gov. Lael Brainard objected to several key elements of those agencies' proposal.
January 8 -
The prospects of a potential Democratic sweep of the 2020 elections could spur regulators to quickly finalize changes to the Community Reinvestment Act.
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