On March 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it has granted conditional approval for SmartBiz Loans to transform the business model of CenTrust Bank, N.A., located in Northbrook, Illinois....more
As discussed here, on October 24, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finally issued their long-awaited final rule modernizing how they...more
On April 12, at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Vice Chair Travis Hill opined that the following potential regulatory responses to the failure of...more
Banks with available-for-sale (AFS) securities have seen significant unrealized losses on their bond portfolios as interest rates have risen. While not an immediate cause for regulatory concern, the change in bond portfolios...more
In the future, most de novo banks in the United States will be formed by existing payments and nonbank fintech companies that provide financial services, or groups of players in those industries that want to form a payments...more
There has been recent turmoil in the U.S. stock markets over the past few weeks as the country starts to take steps toward reopening as a result of the pandemic. However, financial institution stocks have been buoyed by...more
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many combined factors pushed the banking industry toward consolidation, greater efficiency, and in many instances, smaller branch footprints. When COVID-19 forced banks to close branch lobbies...more
On July 20, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued its anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking on how to determine when a national bank or federal savings association (referred to collectively as a...more