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Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika called for reopening the debate over the barrier between banking and commerce, saying there is evidence removing it could benefit small banks.
November 8 -
With little fanfare, President Trump officially nixed the rule prohibiting financial firms from including mandatory arbitration clauses, earning praise from credit union trade groups.
November 1 -
With little fanfare, President Trump officially nixed the rule prohibiting financial firms from including mandatory arbitration clauses.
November 1 -
Evans Bancorp in New York believes the business is ill-suited for community banks and that it can draw unwanted attention from regulators.
November 1 -
A GAO determination has effectively nullified a 2013 leveraged lending guidance. But that leaves the future uncertain about what, if anything, regulators will devise to replace it — and how banks should treat such loans in the meantime.
October 31 -
While increasing de novo activity is encouraging, the processes of chartering a bank and applying for deposit insurance are more onerous, lengthy and costly than they need to be.
October 30
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The OCC has terminated orders against three of Fulton's banks. The company and two other banks still have BSA-related orders.
October 30 -
The Senate's repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule is arguably the industry's biggest policy victory since passage of Dodd-Frank. But is it the sign of a trend?
October 26 -
Readers weigh in on Amazon as a bank threat, claims that big banks are poor fintech partners, whether there are too many banks in the U.S. and more.
October 26 -
The Senate's repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule is arguably the industry's biggest policy victory since passage of Dodd-Frank. But is it the sign of a trend?
October 25 -
With days ticking down for lawmakers to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, some are now questioning the statistics used to challenge the bureau’s data.
October 23 -
British regulators are touting the success of their so-called regulatory sandbox. Their American counterparts have been unable to agree on a comprehensive scheme to foster innovation.
October 23 -
The Treasury Department released an 18-page report saying the rule would “impose extraordinary costs” including legal fees mostly for lawyers that bring class-action lawsuits.
October 23 -
Federal regulators’ 2013 guidance on leveraged lending should have been treated as a rule under the Congressional Review Act – and is now eligible for Congress to repeal, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.
October 19 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika pushed back against concerns that his agency's proposed fintech charter will unduly benefit nonfinancial firms.
October 19 -
Federal regulators are moving forward with plans to finalize one of the last significant Obama-era rules governing long-term bank liquidity despite widespread expectations by banks that the proposal was all but dead.
October 19 -
Regulators usually avoid the public fights that define other realms of the polarized Washington landscape, but the recent tiff over the arbitration rule is an exception.
October 18 -
The Minneapolis company is considering re-entering a business it exited under pressure from its regulator in 2014.
October 18 -
Under a joint order, lenders still have to document the value of properties in storm-affected regions, but they will not have to depend on appraisers.
October 17 -
Six Democratic senators want the Treasury Department’s independent watchdog to investigate whether acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika is still allowed to be in that role.
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