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Financial Services Weekly News: Banking Agencies Finalize CECL Policy Statement

In This Issue. Federal banking agencies finalized an Interagency Policy Statement on Allowance for Credit Losses, which is intended to promote consistency in the interpretation and application of the current expected credit...more

Practical Considerations When Contemplating the Community Bank Leverage Ratio Framework

The community bank leverage ratio framework (CBLR Framework) is available for use beginning with the March 31, 2020 Call Report and Form FR Y-9C (consolidated financial statements for holding companies). A qualifying...more

Financial Services Weekly News: CFPB Announces New UDAAP Framework

In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a policy statement outlining framework that the CFPB will immediately begin to apply in matters of supervision and enforcement regarding the “abusive”...more

Financial Services Weekly News: Agencies Propose Modernizing Community Reinvestment Act

In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed the first substantive amendments to regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act in...more

Financial Services Weekly News: Regulators Highlight Key Risks for Banking System

In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) highlighted the key risks facing the federal banking system in its Semiannual Risk Perspective for Fall 2019; the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)...more

Financial Services Weekly News: SEC Proposes New Derivatives Rule

In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would permit funds to enter into derivative and certain other transactions, notwithstanding leverage restrictions under the Investment Company...more

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup: Bank Agencies Revise Applicability of Capital and Liquidity Rules

In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued two final rules —...more

Financial Services Weekly News: Preparing for ‘Hard Brexit’

Editor's Note - In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management staff announced plans to seek industry input on custodial practices relating to trading that is not...more

Financial Services Weekly News: Busy Week for the Fed, and a New Overtime Rule

Editor's Note - Busy Week for the Fed. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) was busy this past week, announcing that it would limit use of the “qualitative objection” in its Comprehensive...more

Financial Services Weekly News - February 2019 #3

Editor's Note - Good News, Bad News. Key developments in federal securities laws have recently brought both good news and bad news for current and prospective public companies. First, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Financial Services Weekly News - February 2019 #2

Editor's Note - A Big Deal. On February 7, BB&T and SunTrust announced a “merger of equals” in an all-stock transaction valued at $66 billion. The transaction is the largest U.S. bank merger in over a decade and will...more

Financial Services Weekly News - February 2019

Editor's Note - In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) released 2019 stress test scenarios and exempted less complex banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets...more

Financial Services Weekly News - January 2019 #3

Editor's Note - The Legacy of the Government Shutdown Lives On. The federal government shutdown is finally over, at least temporarily. However, its legacy lives on as federal financial regulators must now deal with the...more

Financial Services Weekly News - January 2019

Editor's Note - When will the government shutdown end? The government shutdown has forced many federal agencies, including those mentioned in the articles below, to operate in accordance with the agency's emergency plan for...more

Financial Services Weekly News - December 2018

Editor's Note - In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules and amendments designed to promote research on mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), registered closed-end funds, business...more

Financial Services Weekly News - November 2018 #3

In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more

Financial Services Weekly News - November 2018

Editor's Note - First Half of 2018 Sees Significant Decline in Publicly Announced or Publicly Filed Enforcement Activity. During the first half of 2018, Enforcement Watch tracked 40 publicly announced or publicly filed...more

Financial Services Weekly News - October 2018 #4

Editor's Note - State Regulators Sue OCC Over Federal FinTech Charter, Again. On October 25, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) once again sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in the U.S....more

Financial Services Weekly Roundup - October 2018 #3

Editor's Note - Regulators Continue Push for Financial Innovation. Speaking at the American Bankers Association Annual Convention in New York City, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Jelena McWilliams...more

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