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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States federal agency created in 1933 in response to widespread bank failures in the 1920s and early 1930s.  The FDIC's mission is to maintain stability and consumer confidence in the United States banking system by insuring deposits, monitoring the health of financial institutions and managing receiverships.  less -
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The FDIC's Tougher Policy on Mergers - Why It Matters for Banks and Fintechs

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The FDIC proposed revisions last month to its existing policy on how it evaluates merger transactions that require the FDIC's approval under the Bank Merger Act (BMA). ...more

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The Drawbacks Of Banking Regulators' Merger Review Plans

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently announced proposals to update their approaches to evaluating bank mergers and other business combinations under the Bank Merger...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - March 2024 - 2

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Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more

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FDIC Proposes Bank Merger Policy Revisions: Our Key Takeaways

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On March 21, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published for comment a proposal (Proposal) to revise its Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions (SOP).  If adopted as proposed, the Proposal would modify...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC opens comment period on proposed Statement of Policy regarding bank merger transactions, highlights “added scrutiny” for...

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On March 21, the FDIC issued a request for comment on its proposed Statement of Policy (SOP) on bank merger transactions, which will aim to update, strengthen, and clarify the FDIC’s approach to bank merger evaluation. The...more

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Nutter Bank Report: March 2024

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The SEC has issued a controversial 886-page final rule imposing climate-related disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies, including banking organizations, which will require them to include certain climate-related...more

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Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - March 2024

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Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

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OCC Proposes Changes to Merger Review Process

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Introduction - On 29 January 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) regarding its review of Bank Merger Act (BMA) applications. The NPR was released immediately...more

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Nutter Bank Report: February 2023

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Federal Guidance Warns of Liquidity Risks Arising from Crypto-Asset-Related Deposits - The federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance to banking organizations highlighting potentially heightened liquidity risks...more

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Trade Groups Say “No Thanks” To Notion That FDIC Should Consult CFPB Before Approving Bank Mergers

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The results are in after the closing of a public comment period related to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s review of its bank merger policies. The request for information (RFI) included questions related to the agency’s...more

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SEC Proposes Rules to Include Certain Significant Market Participants as “Dealers” or “Government Securities Dealers”

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In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to include certain significant market participants as “dealers” or “government securities dealers” to essentially eliminate the trader exclusion...more

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OCC Seeks Feedback on Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

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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

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Nutter Bank Report: December 2021

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FDIC Board Governance Dispute on Review of Bank Mergers Aired Publicly - CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on December 9 published on the CFPB’s website a blog post captioned “How Should Regulators Review Bank Mergers?” in...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Credit Unions Purchasing Community Banks

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The recent trend of credit unions buying banks has become one of the hot topics in the industry. While the number of actual transactions is quite small relative to the number of mergers and acquisitions that take place each...more

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Peak performance: US M&A in 2018: Financial services deals are down, but 2019 brings hope

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Financial services sector M&A volume decreased by 6 percent to 461 deals in 2018, with value decreasing 48 percent to US$80.2 billion. But there are signs that the sector’s M&A market is moving in the right direction going...more

Vedder Price

Bringing a Level of Clarity to the Interagency Biographical and Financial Report

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Trump Impact: Key Issues in Financial Services Reform for 2017"

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The Trump administration has provided few specifics regarding its plans for financial regulatory reform. But Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government should create a favorable...more

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