Minimum capital requirements

Readers slam credit unions’ ever-inclusive membership criteria, weigh in on the OCC’s proposed fintech charter, encourage a rewrite of the CRA, and more.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday defended policies related to commercial banks in the face of GOP criticism while also pinpointing areas where the Fed is open to regulatory easing.

The administration and regulators are considering exempting certain asset classes from the leverage ratio, but opponents say going down that road is a mistake.

The administration and regulators are considering exempting certain asset classes from the leverage ratio, but opponents say going down that road is a mistake.

The advanced approach has limited value, eliminating it has no downside risks and regulators have better tools at their disposal.

The research firm is set to release a report Tuesday that it says previews the results of the Fed’s 2017 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress test results for 16 superregional banks.

The test showed that banks face potentially heavy losses in certain loan categories under economic stress, particularly in the area of credit cards, counterparty losses and commercial and industrial lending.

The administration’s regulatory blueprint would undermine the calculation of the so-called leverage ratio, a key ingredient in determining large banks’ capital strength.

The Fed is preparing to release the results of its annual stress tests in what is likely to be the last iteration of the post-crisis supervisory program before sweeping changes are made.

Following are notable cases where banks were tripped up by the Fed's stress tests either by flunking the numbers (or quantitative) part of the test or raising red flags on a qualitative basis.