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FDIC Proposes Amendments to Its Change in Bank Control Act Regulations

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The proposal would establish stricter oversight of certain transactions and responds to concerns that large asset managers may be exerting influence on FDIC-supervised institutions. On July 30, 2024, the Board of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - March 2024

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

Holland & Hart LLP

What Does the Nation's Second Largest Bank Failure Mean for Business?

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In what is now the second largest bank failure in United States history, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed embattled San Francisco-based First Republic Bank shortly after midnight...more

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First Republic Bank Closed, Acquired by JPMorgan Chase

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In the early morning hours of Monday, May 1, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed First Republic Bank (“FRB”) and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) receiver...more

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Key Takeaways Bank Receiverships Week Two

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Foley & Lardner LLP is closely monitoring the rapidly changing landscape surrounding the recent bank insolvencies. On Tuesday, March 21, at 5:00 p.m. CT, Foley hosted a webinar where a panel of presenters discussed the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 2

House Takes Its Sixth Hit on Cannabis Banking Provisions - "The House passed provisions for the sixth time that would allow cannabis companies to access the banking system, but the latest action, as an amendment to the...more

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Spirit and Frontier Announce Planned Budget-Airline Merger

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Low-cost American carriers Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached an agreement to combine forces, a merger that “would create the fifth-largest U.S. airline by market share, putting pressure on the nation’s biggest...more

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Chaos at the FDIC—What Portends for Banks in 2022

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Recent events at the FDIC leading up to the resignation of Chairman Jelena McWilliams foreshadow a challenging year for banks in 2022. The unprecedented power struggle at the FDIC whereby a majority of the Board initiated a...more

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President Biden Issues Sweeping Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

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In This Issue. President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order aimed at cracking down on anticompetitive practices and reducing consolidation across multiple industry sectors, including financial services; the Federal...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Credit Unions Purchasing Community Banks

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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Who Will be the Next Community Bank Acquirer of Choice in Georgia?

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On September 13, 2019, the FDIC released the latest results of its annual summary of deposits survey data. The deposit market share data always presents an interesting view of the banking market, particularly when viewed over...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update June 2019 #2

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Antitrust- 10 Attorneys General Sue to Enjoin Merger of Major Wireless Phone Companies- 10 AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and California AG Xavier Becerra, filed a lawsuit to enjoin T-Mobile US, Inc. and its parent...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

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Skadden's 2019 Insights: Regulatory Relief May Generate Increased M&A Activity Among Banks

In May 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. Sometimes called the Crapo bill after its sponsor Sen. Michael Crapo, R.-Idaho, the act eliminated or...more

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Dealing with Confidential Supervisory Information in a Bank Merger or Acquisition

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A serious regulatory issue can derail a bank merger or acquisition. Sometimes a bank will begin a transaction with a known, pre-existing regulatory issue, and other times an unanticipated regulatory issue develops during the...more

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Should Your Bank Consider Eliminating Its Parent Bank Holding Company?

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• After the April 2017 announcement that Bank of the Ozarks in Little Rock, Ark., had decided to eliminate its bank holding company in favor of operating directly through its bank subsidiary, a number of banks have followed...more

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Congress Introduces Bill to Clarify HVCRE Loans

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Eric D. Lemont wrote the article, "Congress Introduces Bill to Clarify HVCRE Loans," which discusses proposed amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Specifically, Mr. Lemont describes how the proposed legislation...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - October 2016 #3

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Editor's Note - Another Cybersecurity Proposal. On the heels of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issuing its proposed regulation that would require banks and insurance companies to institute...more

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Implications of the 2016 Election for Banks, Systemically Important Financial Institutions and Their Investors

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Campaign promises rarely turn into specific actions, but when they do, they are necessarily impacted by the dynamics of the legislative process. History suggests, however, that the policies of candidates can be a predictor of...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 8.22.16

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The SEC’s opened an inquiry into Hampton Creek in response to a Bloomberg report that the Just Mayo maker used undercover contractors to purchase its non-egg mayonnaise product in bulk not long before HC raised $90 million...more

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"Oil and Gas Companies Brace for Fall Redeterminations"

For most of 2015, industry observers have predicted that depressed commodity prices will result in a surge in M&A activity among domestic exploration and production (E&P) companies, as well as a large number of bankruptcy...more

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