Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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John Chiang says the bank “reeks of betrayal” a day before the bank’s annual meeting; the former chair of the CFTC has doubts about cryptocurrencies.
April 24 -
The costly order against Wells Fargo contains both unexpected good news for the bank and more potential problems for its CEO.
April 20 -
A new accounting standard will soon go into effect, but banks lack clarity on how to conform.
April 20 -
The latest fine from regulators was leveled against the bank on Friday. But it's far from the only penalty it has paid in recent years, and more may be on the way.
April 19 -
Randal Quarles found himself in the middle of an issue that typically doesn't fall under a banking regulator's purview.
April 19 -
Randal Quarles found himself in the middle of an issue that typically doesn't fall under a bank regulator's purview.
April 19 -
Two recent central bank proposals may exacerbate problems with the agency’s capital surcharge for big banks.
April 19 -
Comments by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles appeared to contrast with past statements by former officials about the controversial charter.
April 18 -
The rules to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act have become "formulaic and ossified" and must be changed to encourage lending practices the law originally intended to foster, the Fed's top regulator said.
April 17 -
Fed vice chair wants to put stress test scenarios out for comment by banks; C&Is outstanding at record level in March.
April 17 -
The Federal Reserve is considering allowing banks a chance to comment on stress tests before they take them and dropping any qualitative review for the largest banks’ performance, according to Randal Quarles, the central bank’s vice chairman for banking supervision.
April 16 -
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been leading the charge on revamping the Community Reinvestment Act, but a big unknown is whether the other two regulators charged with carrying out the law are committed to moving ahead as swiftly on a reform plan.
April 16 -
Regulators are working to reform the rule regardless of whether a House provision streamlining authority for it is approved.
April 16 -
Michelle Bowman, a former community banker and now the Kansas banking commissioner, was one of two Federal Reserve Board nominees announced by the White House on Monday. President Trump also nominated Columbia University Richard Clarida as vice chair.
April 16 -
Financial institutions in the U.S. are not only under tremendous pressure to determine how they’ll become a part of the new Federal Reserve-driven faster payments ecosystem, but also what the shift to immediacy will mean to their current operating model, long-term strategy, and future relevance to consumers and corporates, writes Bruce Lowthers, COO at FIS.
April 16 -
The bank revealed Friday that it is facing hefty regulatory penalties and will likely have to restate first-quarter earnings. Declines in loan balances and fee income and questions about upcoming stress tests are only adding to investors' worries.
April 13 -
Bank regulators propose to allow banks to phase in capital treatment of credit losses over three years.
April 13 -
Over the past week, regulators have proposed the most substantial changes to capital requirements for the largest banks in years, but the most startling thing was how unremarkable they were.
April 13 -
The bill, which also exempts community banks from the trading ban named for former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, would go a step further than the regulatory relief bill that passed the Senate.
April 13 -
The agencies proposed changes to the way they apply a capital backstop to the largest systemically important firms, replacing a static leverage ratio with a more dynamic ratio that takes each bank’s risk profile into account.
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