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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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FDIC Proposes Broader Role Under the Change in Bank Control Act

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On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would expand the FDIC’s role under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA). The NPR seeks, in part, to...more

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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

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Nutter Bank Report: April 2024

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The CFPB has issued a policy statement that provides an analytical framework for identifying what constitutes an abusive act or practice under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA). The new guidance published...more

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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 Updates Bank Merger Guidance to Include Non-Compete Ban

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On March 21, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on its proposal to revise its current Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions. Among the...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

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FDIC Releases Proposed Updates to Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) recently published a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the FDIC’s Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions (the “SOP”). Relevant...more

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FDIC Proposes Revisions to Policy on Bank Merger Transactions

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The Proposal clarifies the FDIC’s bank merger approval process but may prove challenging for new large bank consolidations with the FDIC as the primary regulator. On March 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Federal...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - April 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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FDIC Seeks to Restrict Noncompete Agreements in Bank Mergers

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On March 21, 2024, the FDIC unveiled proposed revisions to its Statement of Policy (SOP) on Bank Merger Transactions, which was last amended in 2008. The revisions would increase scrutiny of bank mergers, particularly mergers...more

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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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FDIC Proposes Increased Scrutiny of Bank Mergers

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Today, a divided Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) Board of Directors issued a proposed Statement of Policy (SOP) on bank merger transactions that would create a combined bank with more than $100 billion in...more

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February 2024 Regulatory Round-Up

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As February already begins to wind down and all of us are wondering what we might have missed so far this year, here is a round-up of additional regulatory activities in financial services...more

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Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - February 2024

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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 focusing on:...more

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To Approve a Bank Merger or Not: That Is the Question!

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On January 29, 2024, the OCC issued a proposed policy statement[1] describing the general principles it uses to evaluate applications for approval of transactions under the Bank Merger Act (“BMA”), principally bank mergers,...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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Nutter Bank Report: March 2022

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CFPB Announces Intention to Expand Enforcement Against Unfair Discrimination - The CFPB has published an updated examination manual for evaluating unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices (“UDAAPs”), which explains...more

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FDIC Makes Bank Merger Policy a Priority This Year

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On February 7, Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg announced the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) priorities for 2022, including undertaking a comprehensive review of the process of considering and evaluating...more

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Power Struggle at the FDIC Board Becomes Public

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In a CFPB blog post from December 9, the CFPB stated that the FDIC Board of Directors (FDIC Board) had promulgated a request for information (RFI) regarding a review of the Bank Merger Act criteria for approving bank mergers...more

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US FDIC Publishes Updates to Interagency Forms

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The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced updates to four of its interagency forms: (i) the Biographical and Financial Report (OMB Control Number 3064-0006); (ii) the Bank Merger Act Application (OMB Control...more

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US Federal Reserve Board Adopts Revised Forms, Including Bank Merger Act Application Form

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The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopted a proposal to extend for three years, with revisions, certain forms, including the Interagency Notice of Change in Control (FR 2081a), Interagency Notice of...more

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Dodd-Frank Overkill—Community Bank M&A Deals Must Not Pose a Risk to U.S. Financial Stability

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Why it matters - With their recent approvals of BB&T’s acquisition of a $2 billion community bank, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were...more

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