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FRB Clarifies Supervision of Digital Assets and Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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A new program addresses innovative banking activities such as bank-fintech partnerships and digital assets while reinforcing guardrails around stablecoin activity. On August 8, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal...more

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Joint Statement Clarifies Due Diligence Expectations for Politically Exposed Persons

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Regulators’ Joint Statement Attempts to Clarify AML Expectations Regarding Potential Corrupt Actors - On August 21, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other banking regulators –...more

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European Banking Authority Recommends Changes to EU Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive

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The European Banking Authority has published an Opinion on the eligibility of deposits, coverage level and cooperation between deposit guarantee schemes. The EU Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive requires the European...more

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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Publishes Overview of Pillar 2 Practices and Approaches

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published an overview report on the Pillar 2 supervisory review process and on the different practices that regulators and legislators in Basel member jurisdictions have adopted...more

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Bank of England Publishes Discussion Paper on Risk Management Systems for Collateral Referencing LIBOR

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The Situation: The LIBOR manipulation scandal and vanishing liquidity in the London inter-bank market for time deposits led the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") to announce that at the end of 2021, banks would no longer be...more

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April 15 Isn’t Just Tax Day—It’s Also AML Certification Compliance Day

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It’s not just your taxes that are due each year on April 15. For financial institutions, this coming April 15 is the date the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS’s ) new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Part 504...more

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BCBS Reports on Regulatory Consistency of Risk-Weighted Assets for Credit Risk in the Banking Book

On April 1, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) issued its second report: an analysis of risk-weighted assets (“RWA”) for credit risk in the banking book. The report’s first objective is to identify the main...more

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FDIC Seeks Comment on Revised Deposit Insurance Assessment Rule

On January 21, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it was seeking comment on a revised proposed rule that would amend the way small banks are assessed for deposit insurance. The proposed rule would...more

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BCBS October 2015 Progress Report on Implementation of Basel Regulatory Framework

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On October 15, 2015, BCBS issued its ninth progress report (BCBS 338) on BCBS members’ implementation of Basel II, Basel 2.5 and Basel III, as at the end of September 2015. The report focuses on the status of domestic...more

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Supervisory or Enforcement Action? Deputy Director Explains How the CFPB Decides

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In his prepared remarks for an appearance last month at the Exchequer Club, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Steven Antonakes discussed the CFPB’s risk-based approach to supervision. (The Exchequer Club’s...more

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Opt-Out Election for AOCI Under Basel III Approaches

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The beginning of 2015 marked the implementation of Basel III for community banks including the changes to required capital ratios. Although community banks have been preparing for the implementation for months, one of the...more

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