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The Senate Banking Committee will renew its markup of legislation to overhaul the housing finance system on Thursday, after abruptly postponing the deliberations late last month.
May 12 -
Between Operation Choke Point and anti-laundering regulations, financial institutions are going to new lengths to avoid anything even remotely associated with illegality raising questions of fairness, slippery slopes and self-preservation.
May 12
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Lenders and loan officers are increasingly using social media to scout for customers, raising a host of compliance concerns, from preventing unauthorized use of brands to monitoring employee communications.
May 12 -
Though Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig and board member Jeremiah Norton must defer to Chairman Martin Gruenberg on setting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s agenda, the two directors have still found ways to affect policy, particularly on new capital rules for the biggest banks.
May 12 -
Mutual funds pose no threat to the stability of the financial system. Yet regulators appear determined to designate them as systemically important financial institutions-a move that could hurt millions of Americans who depend on the funds as retirement savings vehicles.
May 12
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The Senate Banking Committee is said to be moving toward a vote on major housing finance reform legislation next week, but the effort is likely to attract no more than 13 votes, falling short of what would be needed to advance the bill to the Senate floor this year.
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On Wednesday, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council announced plans for cybersecurity risk assessments of banks during a webinar.
May 9 -
The Federal Reserve announced on Friday that it will conduct a new round of testing of its Term Deposit Facility, in an effort to help banks become familiar with how it works.
May 9 -
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.
May 9
