Evolving State Supervision: Issues Arising from State Qualification Standards and 'SAFE' Act Licensing, and Coordination with the CFPB
Following its impending merger, Zions Bankcorporation requested the Financial Stability Oversight Council not treat the bank holding company, as a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal...more
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a proposed decision with respect to a national bank’s petition to not treat the surviving entity of a bank holding company parent merging into its large U.S. national bank...more
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council approved certain amendments to its procedures for hearings under Titles I and VIII of the Dodd-Frank Act. The amendments add Section 117 of the Dodd-Frank Act to the scope of...more
Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their...more
The US House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 6392) that would replace the current supervisory framework under the Dodd-Frank Act that automatically subjects all bank holding companies with $50 billion or more in total...more
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) proposed regulations (Rule) on January 7, 2015, which create a new challenge for all nonbank financial companies with assets of $50 billion or more. While the four companies...more
ECON Votes in Favor of the MIF Regulation - On January 27, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee ("ECON") released a press release stating that it had voted in favour of the proposed Regulation on multilateral...more
On April 18 the Federal Reserve Board (Board) proposed an annual assessment of bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies with $50 billion or greater in total consolidated assets and for nonbank financial...more
The Federal Reserve Board has approved a final rule that establishes the requirements for determining when a company is “predominantly engaged in financial activities.” The requirements will be used by the Financial Stability...more