The FDIC has issued a proposed rule that would apply to practically all bank-fintech arrangements that use custodial deposit accounts to provide customers with transactional features (also called "FBO" accounts for short)....more
9/19/2024
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Becoming or owning an industrial loan company (or ILC)—the elusive "nonbank bank" option, as Congress coined the term in 1987— still has an allure for financial services providers that want to (1) lend on a national scale...more
The FDIC recently proposed a rule that would substantially change the 2020 final rule on brokered deposits that largely liberalized the FDIC’s framework. The proposed rule would eliminate many of the changes from 2020 and...more
The FDIC recently finalized its resolution planning rule for large banks, which becomes effective October 1, 2024. Resolution plans, or "living wills," are plans to wind down operations in the event of bank failures. The...more
For the third time, federal agencies have issued a proposed rule to regulate incentive-based compensation paid by certain financial institutions and other entities (the 2024 Proposal). The 2024 Proposal has been released by...more
5/22/2024
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Earlier in January 2024, the CFPB continued its crackdown on what it decries as “junk fees,” releasing a Proposed Rule to curb overdraft fees. The Proposed Rule could have a significant effect on the nature, availability, and...more
2/7/2024
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Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The OCC recently released a proposed rule and policy statement on business combinations involving national banks and federal savings associations (banks), which includes mergers, acquisitions of assets, and assumptions of...more
The FDIC’s proposed bank resolution planning rule would make significant changes to its current rule and would cover more banks—including banks that have been subject to a moratorium on filing for the past five years. Other...more
Larger banking organizations directly affected by the U.S. federal banking agencies' recent proposed capital rule have been busy analyzing the substantial changes, increased costs, and other requirements and effects that have...more
Following the 2023 bank failures, the federal banking regulators (the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC) have signaled that they are seeking to develop more stringent bank regulatory requirements for larger banking...more
8/29/2023
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Financial Regulatory Reform ,
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