Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Following the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said it will examine how it can strengthen its system of financial regulation. The Federal Reserve has begun a similar review.
March 21 -
A cap on deposit insurance for yield-bearing accounts will still provide necessary market discipline, but other important reforms are needed to assure the safety of the banking system.
March 21 -
The incentive structures for both banks and large, sophisticated depositors have changed because of federal regulators' decision to guarantee the uninsured deposits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
March 21 -
Stablecoin giant Circle is planning to locate its European headquarters in Paris, citing the crypto-friendly climate created by President Emmanuel Macron's government as instrumental to the decision.
March 21 -
Senator Bernie Sanders said he plans to introduce a measure that would prevent big-bank executives from serving on the boards of the regional Federal Reserve banks that oversee them.
March 20 -
On Monday, the top banking Republicans in both chambers laid blame for Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank's failures on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Federal Reserve, and they asked the agencies for a full autopsy of what went wrong.
March 20 -
Properly executed, the new anti-money-laundering program has the potential to cripple laundering networks by altering the landscape for financial services professionals.
March 20 -
Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, will buy most of failed Signature Bank, but it's not taking Singature's digital-assets business as part of the deal.
March 19 -
Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and a wider banking-sector panic this month, the smaller banks told regulators that explicitly insuring all deposits would stem the flow of money to the largest banks.
March 18 -
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg and Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr are scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services Committee later this month to answer questions about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The hearing will be bipartisan, the committee's Republican chairman and its top Democrat said.
March 17 -
The high-stakes acquisitions of 2008 and subsequent legal liabilities have sapped enthusiasm from many prospective buyers for Silicon Valley and Signature Banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may end up having to sell assets piece by piece.
March 17 -
Politicians on both sides of the aisle say the regional reserve bank deserves special scrutiny for Silicon Valley bank's failure. But larger-bank supervision tends to center on the Fed Board of Governors.
March 17 -
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the Federal Reserve shouldn't be spooked into easing its campaign to contain inflation out of excessive concern about a credit crunch in the wake of the recent banking turmoil.
March 17 -
A category of Credit Suisse Group bonds is warning that a liquidity lifeline from Switzerland's central bank may not be enough to stabilize the embattled lender.
March 17 -
President Biden asked that Congress pass measures that would expand the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s ability to claw back compensation from the executives of failed banks, among other measures.
March 17 -
Silicon Valley Bank's former parent company filed for bankruptcy a week after a run on deposits prompted regulators to seize its banking unit.
March 17 -
Is the banking sector in crisis? What happened, and what can bankers learn from this turmoil? Two of American Banker's reporters discuss the fallout and what comes next with the magazine's editor-in-chief.
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The liquidity facility launched by the central bank over the weekend saw limited uptake compared to other emergency funding options.
March 16 -
The National Credit Union Administration unanimously approved modifications to its 2020 rule that raise maturity ceilings on offerings and simplifies redundant language.
March 16 -
The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.
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