On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a proposed rule that would make significant revisions to the FDIC’s regulations implementing the provisions of Section 29 of the Federal Deposit...more
The FDIC recently finalized its resolution planning rule for large banks, which becomes effective October 1, 2024. Resolution plans, or "living wills," are plans to wind down operations in the event of bank failures. The...more
On October 19, the CFPB proposed a rule that would require depository and nondepository entities to make available to consumers and authorized third parties certain data relating to consumers’ transactions and accounts... The...more
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) is inviting public feedback on a proposed rule that aims to levy a special assessment on all banks with FDIC-insured deposits. Set to go into effect on January 1, 2024, the...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Board voted (3-2) to propose a special assessment to recoup the expected $15.8 billion cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund “(DIF”) in the wake of invocation of the special...more
Federal Reserve Considers Merits of Creating a U.S. Dollar Digital Currency The Federal Reserve has published a discussion paper that examines the pros and cons associated with the creation of a U.S. central bank digital...more
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will reconsider its controversial June 2020 final rule revising its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules, and published its Semiannual...more
On May 17, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a Request for Information and Comment (the “RFI”) on Digital Assets. The FDIC is interested in getting input from all interested parties on the...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more
In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more
In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more
The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the Senate’s lack of action on the banking bill. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Senate banking committee, opposes legalization and seemed disinclined to move on...more
On December 12, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proposed rule that would result in major changes to the rules applying the Community...more
The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly issued an interim final rule and request for comment to expand...more
To address the increasing risk of technology failures and cyber-attacks affecting the largest banking organizations, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking titled Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards (the ANPR) was...more
Three federal banking regulatory agencies have approved an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) inviting comment on a set of potential enhanced cybersecurity risk-management and resilience standards that would apply...more
The FDIC extended the comment period for proposed recordkeeping requirements for FDIC-insured institutions with at least 2 million deposit accounts. The purpose of the proposed recordkeeping requirements is to facilitate...more