The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) recently published a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the FDIC’s Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions (the “SOP”). Relevant...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) recently sought comment on a proposed rule designed to increase the transparency of the standards applicable to the OCC’s review of business combinations (i.e., bank...more
On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed a rule that would allow the CFPB to supervise certain large nonbank companies that provide consumer financial services such as digital wallets...more
On October 24, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (together, the “Agencies”) issued a final rule designed to...more
On July 28, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the National Credit Union Administration (the “NCUA”) and the Office of the...more
On July 27, 2023, in an effort to bolster the resilience of the U.S. banking system in the aftermath of recent bank failures and to promote consistency with international banking capital standards, the Federal Deposit...more
On October 29, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “Federal Banking Agencies”) issued a joint press...more
On October 16, 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) extended the implementation deadline for the current expected credit loss standard (“CECL”) for qualifying entities. The new implementation deadlines are...more
On September 17, 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) passed a final rule providing qualifying community banking organizations the ability to opt-in to a new community bank leverage ratio (“CBLR”)...more
9/27/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Community Banks ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EGRRCPA ,
FDIC ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Leverage Capital Ratio ,
Opt-In
On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules that would update the statistical disclosures currently required by Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies...more
9/24/2019
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Comment Period ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Reporting ,
Investors ,
Loans ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulation S-K ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On July 9, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the...more
8/5/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
CFTC ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Investors ,
OCC ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Volcker Rule
On November 1, 2018, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued modifications to its Statement of Policy (“SOP”) for applications made under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”). The...more
On October 31, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a...more
11/2/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Capital Requirements ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
U.S. Treasury
On October 16, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Agencies”) issued the Frequently Asked Questions on...more
On July 11, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) (the OCC, FRB and FDIC are...more
On May 11, 2018, the beneficial ownership rule became fully effective. While the rule was finalized on July 16, 2016, compliance was not mandatory until May 11, 2018. The delay in implementation was to permit covered...more
After a 10 day jury trial, a jury found U.S. Bancorp liable for almost $3.3 million in damages for infringing upon a patent covering check-processing technology owned by Solutran, Inc. (”Solutran”). Solutran’s U.S. Patent No....more
On April 3, 2018, the Department of Treasury released recommendations to “modernize” the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (“CRA”). Treasury’s recommendations include:...more
In a recent interview, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, announced the OCC’s plan to “clarify” its support of bank-offered deposit advance products. “Deposit advance products” are typically defined as small-dollar,...more
4/2/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Deposit Advances ,
Direct Deposit ,
Loans ,
OCC ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Payday Loans ,
Rescission
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), from 2000 to 2008 there were 1,042 de novo community banks newly chartered in the United States. From 2011-2017, the FDIC received only 30 de novo applications...more
In November 2016, with the election results confirmed, the banking industry was awash in hopes for a more lenient regulatory posture. To date, the industry has seen no reform. However, on March 14, 2018, the Senate passed and...more
3/19/2018
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Community Banks ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Deposit Insurance Act ,
Federal Savings Associations ,
Financial Institutions ,
HMDA ,
HVCRE ,
HVCRE Loans ,
Mortgages ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Standards ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Volcker Rule
On March 15, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) published for comment a draft supplement to the OCC’s existing Comptroller’s Licensing Manual providing detail on how the OCC will evaluate national...more
9/28/2017
/ Applications ,
Banking Sector ,
Business Plans ,
Capital Requirements ,
Corporate Strategy ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Internal Controls ,
OCC ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Special Purpose National Bank Charter