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From Chaos to Cohesion: Effective Communications Strategies for Organizational Restructurings

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A series of economic shocks from the onset of COVID-19 and significant supply chain disruptions to persistent inflation have marked the past few years. To get the latter under control, the Federal Reserve increased its target...more

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Proposed Rule on Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models: Comments Closed and Now What?

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The proposed rule, if adopted, would apply to mortgage originators and issuers of mortgage-backed securitizations that rely on automated valuation models (“AVMs”) to determine the value of real estate collateral. The...more

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Federal Reserve Launches FedNow Real-Time Payment Service

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Consumers and businesses stand to benefit from rapid access to funds at any time when routed through participating financial institutions. On July 20, 2023, the Federal Reserve announced the long-awaited launch of its...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FRB Chair Powell Speaks on Central Bank Independence

Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Chair Jerome Powell spoke at a symposium hosted by the Swedish Central Bank on Tuesday. In his speech, Chair Powell highlighted three main points: (1) that Federal Reserve monetary policy...more

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Green Swan Conference Highlights Emerging Central Bank Consensus on Supervisory Approaches to Financial Risks Arising From Climate...

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From June 2 to June 4, leading central bankers, policymakers, regulators, private sector CEOs, civil society members and academics gathered for the Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference. The conference was co-hosted...more

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Federal Reserve Board Publishes FAQs on Certain Long-Standing Regulations

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On March 31, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) published six sets of responses to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) consisting of existing legal interpretations regarding Regulations...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – June 2020 #11

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In Washington: On Saturday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said that the White House is targeting a phase four stimulus package focusing on American manufacturing that will be “at least $2 trillion dollars.” ...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: OCC Finalizes New CRA Rule; Regulators Continue To Provide COVID-19-related Relief

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In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Enhancing Transparency in the Agencies’ Approach to BSA/AML Examinations

Last month the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the federal bank regulators issued a Joint Statement aimed at improving transparency into their risk-focused examination and supervision of banks’ compliance...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Federal Reserve Proposes To Clarify Bank Control Rules

Investors that own large stakes in a bank can trigger the Federal Reserve’s oversight if they have “controlling influence” over the bank. ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Qatar and ExxonMobil are teaming up on a $10 billion natural gas investment plan in Texas and America’s growing status as an LNG exporting power....more

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New Federal Law Aims To Increase Transparency Of International Insurance Standard-Setting Bodies

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President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act into law on May 24, 2018. Section 211 of the law requires the Secretary of the Treasury, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Reserve Proposes Modifications to Its Supervisory Appeals Process and Ombudsman Policy

On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, the Federal Reserve proposed to modify its guidelines and processes that institutions may rely upon to appeal an adverse material supervisory determination. The proposal also seeks to modify the...more

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US Government Accountability Office Releases Report Regarding US Federal Financial Institution Regulator Compliance with the...

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The US Government Accountability Office released a report that details the compliance of six US federal financial institution regulators (the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the US Office of the...more

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US House of Representatives Passes Five Bills Affecting Financial Institutions

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The US House of Representatives passed five bills focused on regulatory reform for financial institutions. The bills passed by the House include: the Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act (H.R. 2255), which amends the Truth...more

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Federal Reserve Board Requests Comment on Package of Proposals that would Increase the Transparency of its Stress Testing Program

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On December 7, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board requested comment on a package of proposals that would increase the transparency of its stress testing program. The proposed enhanced disclosures have three components: (1)...more

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Federal Reserve Board requests comment on package of proposals that would increase the transparency of its stress testing program

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The Federal Reserve Board announced a suite of proposals intended to increase the transparency of its stress testing program. One key aspect of the proposals is intended to increase transparency in the modeling used by the...more

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley Discusses the Evolving Structure of the US Treasury Market

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President and CEO William Dudley delivered remarks to attendees of the Evolving Structure of the US Treasury Market: Third Annual Conference. President Dudley’s remarks focused on the four...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Fed Revisits CCAR and Proposes CCAR Relief for Large Noncomplex Firms

One of the notable financial regulatory tools that resulted from the post-financial crisis prudential regulations is stress testing. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) has the...more

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GAO Says Regulators Should Improve Transparency in Evaluating Banks’ “Living Wills”

GAO has issued a report which noted the FDIC and Federal Reserve have developed separate but similar review processes for determining whether a resolution plan, often referred to as a “living will,” is “not credible” or would...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OIG identifies areas to improve accuracy in Consumer Complaint Database

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I am delighted to be writing my first blog post for the CFPB Monitor as a new member of Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. Before joining the Group, I served as an investigator in the CFPB’s Consumer Response...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Dodd-Frank at 4: Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFPB Lays Out Consumer Protection Principles for New Payment Systems

Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a series of consumer protection principles for the development of new payment systems (“Principles”). The CFPB’s stated purpose in releasing the...more

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