On June 24, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it is requesting comments on proposed amendments to its recovery planning guidelines. A recovery plan’s purpose is to provide a covered bank with a...more
On May 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the agencies) released a guidebook aimed at assisting...more
There has been a great deal of press about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) vote to ban employee non-competition provisions and policies. While the FTC describes the rule as a comprehensive ban, it acknowledges that the...more
4/30/2024
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Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Today, a divided Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) Board of Directors issued a proposed Statement of Policy (SOP) on bank merger transactions that would create a combined bank with more than $100 billion in...more
3/22/2024
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Money Laundering ,
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Policy Statement
On March 12, at the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed the importance of operational resilience in the banking sector and hinted that...more
This week, the Texas Bankers Association, the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the Longview Chamber of Commerce, the Independent...more
As discussed here, on October 24, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finally issued their long-awaited final rule modernizing how they...more
On January 29, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding its review of business combinations under the Bank Merger Act (BMA). Specifically, the OCC proposed: (i)...more
2/1/2024
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Policy Statement ,
Proposed Rules
On January 18, at an event hosted by Columbia University Law School, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed liquidity risk at banks and described potential “targeted regulatory enhancements” that would...more
On December 7, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the fall edition of its Semiannual Risk Perspective, which discusses key issues facing banks. From the OCC’s perspective, the overall strength of...more
12/11/2023
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Cyber Attacks ,
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Risk Management ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
On July 18, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision Greg Coleman testified on OCC supervision of climate-related financial risks before the U.S. House of...more
At a Peterson Institute for International Economics event on June 22, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg announced that the FDIC — along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more
On June 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the spring edition of its Semiannual Risk Perspective, which discusses key issues facing banks. The good news is that the federal banking system saw...more
Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would impose special assessments to recover losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) arising from the FDIC’s protection...more
On May 1, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a report titled Options for Deposit Insurance Reforms, which outlines three options to reform the nation's deposit insurance system. The three options...more
On April 12, at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Vice Chair Travis Hill opined that the following potential regulatory responses to the failure of...more
On April 11, Virginia enacted a new law (HB 263), which goes into effect on July 1, 2022, permitting “banks” to provide customers with “virtual currency custody services so long as the bank has adequate protocols in place to...more
On February 7, Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg announced the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) priorities for 2022, including undertaking a comprehensive review of the process of considering and evaluating...more
Financial technology is transforming the retail banking industry, leading to new and improved financial solutions, such as digital banking. As banking evolves, regulators are also using and promoting technology as a means to...more
Twice a year — once in the spring and then again at the end of the year — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) publishes a report on banking conditions in the United States. Typically, the...more
The trend of fintech companies seeking or acquiring U.S. banking licenses continues to build momentum, furthering the convergence of fintech and banking. More fintech companies are applying and being approved for banking...more
The growing role of technology in banking cannot be overstated. Financial technology is reshaping the retail banking industry in real time — changing the way banks receive deposits, lend money, and invest. At the same time, a...more
In a final act of his tenure, Brian Brooks, the acting Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on January 14 finalized a rule to ensure “fair access to banking services provided by large national banks, federal savings...more
On December 15, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a final rule (Final Rule) establishing a new framework for analyzing whether bank deposits obtained through third-party arrangements are brokered...more
On November 20, the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) proposed a rule aimed at ensuring fair access to bank services, capital, and credit. Citing pushes from across the political spectrum to “de-bank” industries...more