Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Consumers are receiving demand letters on loans they have not had any communication about in at least 10 years, the regulator said.
April 26 -
On Friday, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr will share findings from his review of the supervision of Silicon Valley Bank before its failure last month.
April 26 -
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr had promised to share findings from his review of the Fed's oversight efforts for the failed bank by May 1.
April 25 -
Prosecutors claim every dollar in subsidy funds from settlements equates to ten times the amount in value in home lending efforts.
April 24 -
Banks could be in for a long, slow trickle of bank failures and consolidation in the coming months and years, particularly if inflation persists and interest rates keep rising. A downturn in commercial real estate could add to banks' problems.
April 11 -
In wide-ranging remarks on the recent banking crisis, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said other regulators aren't using enough of their powers to supervise banks.
April 11 -
Despite firm objections from structured finance advocates, some institutional investors welcome the additional protection, citing Wall Street's potential conflicts of interest.
April 10 -
But attorneys for the small Chicago-based mortgage company remained defiant and actually welcomed the Bureau's move.
April 4 -
Executive compensation legislation could be one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Congress in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures.
April 4 -
As FDIC seeks a buyer for the remaining assets left after its sale of most of Signature Bank to Flagstar Bank, the agency has announced $60 billion in deposits — including some New York City commercial real-estate loans — will be on the market by this summer.
April 4 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a broad policy statement on what constitutes an "abusive" act or practice. Industry has long sought to narrow the definition.
April 3 -
More congressional scrutiny is being directed at the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank and its role in supervising Silicon Valley Bank.
March 31 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. told First Citizens BancShares it was claiming a $500 million profit linked to rights it had received in the company's stock, which soared after the acquisition of the failed Silicon Valley Bank was sealed.
March 31 -
The rules President Joe Biden calls for include minimizing the financial burden that replenishing the Deposit Insurance Fund would impose on community banks.
March 30 -
Jelena McWilliams, who chaired the agency during the Trump administration, said removing the cap on insured deposits would impact the banking sector in three key ways.
March 29 -
The use of the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facilities was largely unchanged this week, indicating to some that the recent liquidity crisis isn't getting any worse.
March 24 -
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a court split ahead of a highly anticipated Supreme Court hearing in October. The Fifth Circuit previously ruled that the agency's funding mechanism violates the Constitution's separation of powers doctrine.
March 23 -
The incentive structures for both banks and large, sophisticated depositors have changed because of federal regulators' decision to guarantee the uninsured deposits of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
March 21 -
The high-stakes acquisitions of 2008 and subsequent legal liabilities have sapped enthusiasm from many prospective buyers for Silicon Valley and Signature Banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. may end up having to sell assets piece by piece.
March 17 -
The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.
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