Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Advocacy groups want the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to downgrade the Community Reinvestment Act rating of FinWise Bank, which partners with nonbanks to offer high-cost consumer loans. The FDIC downgraded the rating of a second Utah-based bank following a similar campaign by consumer organizations.
March 16 -
There were many red flags before the California bank failed last week. Now the questions are: How did federal and state regulators assess the risks, and what actions did they take in response?
March 16 -
Tolstedt, a key figure in the bank's fake-accounts scandal, could face prison time after pleading guilty to a criminal charge of obstructing a bank examination. She also agreed to pay a $17 million fine to bank regulators to resolve certain civil charges.
March 15 -
Banks that trade with Credit Suisse Group moved to safeguard their finances, snapping up contracts that will compensate them if the crisis rocking the Swiss lender deepens.
March 15 -
Navigating challenges and what's ahead in banking regulation.
March 15 -
NatWest joins U.K. banks in limiting crypto, Mastercard teams with fintech in the UAE, and more.
March 15 -
The Arkansas congressman, a leading Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, said while he doesn't believe blanket expanding deposit insurance is warranted, different premium structures for covering deposits would be "worthwhile."
March 15 -
After the failure of two banks between $100 billion and $250 billion of assets, many are asking regulators to change their oversight practices for these banks. The Fed has a wide berth to make a wide array of changes.
March 14 -
The Federal Reserve's top regulator will examine what steps the central bank took to mitigate risks at the bank before its failure last week.
March 13 -
Regulators covered Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank customers' money, and will need to replenish the Deposit Insurance Fund with higher assessments. But smaller banks don't want to pay for larger banks' mistakes.
March 13 -
Frank, to the surprise of some, landed on the board of Signature Bank, a New York-based lender that boomed during the pandemic. It was seized by regulators Sunday, making it the third U.S. bank to collapse in just five days.
March 13 -
Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, said he's considering a bill to shore up regulation and oversight of medium-size banks.
March 13 -
HSBC Holdings is buying the U.K. arm of Silicon Valley Bank, the culmination of a frantic weekend where ministers and bankers explored various ways to avert the SVB unit's collapse.
March 13 -
President Joe Biden said that deposits at U.S. banks are safe following swift action from his administration's bank regulators.
March 13 -
The Treasury Department issued a "systemic risk exception" allowing it to cover uninsured deposits at SVB and Signature Bank, which New York State closed on Sunday.
March 12 -
Canada's banking regulator seized SVB Financial Group's branch in the country and said it will seek a legal order to wind up the operation.
March 12 -
The bank's tech-sector focus contributed to its rapid demise. But the reasons for its failure come down to the nuts and bolts of banking, and other banks may have similar vulnerabilities.
March 12 -
The Philadelphia bank's new CEO says a planned infusion would let it update its branch footprint, technology and other resources as part of a turnaround.
March 10 -
Founders are starting to worry about whether startups will be able to keep paying employees following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
March 10 -
While this week's bank-stock drama blindsided most of the market, at least one corner of Wall Street spied trouble ahead.
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