The FDIC and OCC have rescinded policy statements adopted in 2024 that changed the ways each agency considered bank merger transactions and have reinstated their prior procedures for evaluating bank mergers. The FDIC on May...more
6/5/2025
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The Federal Reserve has announced multiple decisions to rescind existing requirements for crypto-asset activities. The April 24 announcement included the rescission of a 2022 supervisory letter that required state member...more
4/28/2025
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SBA Lending Programs ,
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Underwriting
The federal banking agencies have announced their intent to issue a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule originally issued in October 2023. In their announcement on March 28, the agencies also...more
3/31/2025
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cryptocurrency ,
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Federal Reserve ,
Mergers ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Attorneys General
Amid media reports that the administration may be considering a plan to consolidate the FDIC, the supervisory functions of the Federal Reserve, and the OCC into a single agency, President Trump issued an executive order...more
2/28/2025
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The Federal Reserve has adopted a final rule that provides benchmark replacement rates based on SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference the overnight and one-, three-, six-,...more
1/3/2023
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..Fed Proposes Rule to Mandate LIBOR-Replacement Benchmark Rates in Contracts
..CFPB Clarifies Permissible Purposes for Furnishing,...more
7/29/2022
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Guidance Update ,
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Minority-Owned Businesses ,
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Risk Management
Federal Banking Agencies Issue CRA Modernization Proposal The federal banking agencies have jointly issued a proposed rule that would modernize their regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”). The...more
5/31/2022
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Final Rules ,
Irrevocable Trusts ,
Mobile Banking ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
New Guidance ,
OCC ,
Revocable Trusts ,
Trusts
FDIC Directs Banks to Provide Notice Before Engaging in Crypto-related Activities According to guidance recently issued by the FDIC, banks that it supervises and that intend to engage in, or are already engaged in, activities...more
4/29/2022
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