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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FDIC Rethinks Industrial Banks—Again

Industrial banks or industrial loan companies (ILCs)—FDIC-insured banks chartered by certain states, notably Utah—have long been a niche component of the U.S. financial system. These institutions may be owned by commercial...more

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Consequences of Forming or Acquiring a Depository Institution

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This second installment in a series of insights on bank charter considerations describes the consequences of operating through an insured depository institution charter, including capital requirements, supervision and...more

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Reintroduction of Bill To Speed Up BHCA and HOLA Applications

The Trump Administration has made clear that it intends to lessen the barriers to bank merger and acquisition activity. As we previously noted, the FDIC has moved to lower some of the impediments to mergers under its 2024...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Acquiring or Investing in Banks – More Interest Expected in a Second Trump Administration

Federal banking agencies under a second Trump Administration are expected to be more receptive to industry proposals for bank mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions. We've previously explored national trust banks and...more

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A Summary of Bank-Related Provisions of President Biden's July 9th Executive Order Promoting Competition

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On July 9, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed an executive order "on promoting competition in the American economy" (the "Order").  The White House characterized the Order as an effort to reduce the trend of...more

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Federal Reserve Proposes Rules To Modernize Regulations That Implement CRA

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In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2020

Federal Reserve Revises Framework for Determining Control of a Banking Organization The Federal Reserve has adopted a final rule to simplify and clarify its regulations for determining control of a banking organization for...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Agencies Propose Amendment to, and Seek Comment on, Regulations Implementing the Volcker Rule

On May 30, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) issued a proposal (the “Proposed Rule”) to amend the rules implementing Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the...more

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Acting Comptroller Explores the Separation of Banking and Commerce

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On November 8, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith A. Noreika explored how the separation of banking and commerce evolved in the United States and called for a broader discussion of whether the separation continues to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report - Spring 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE - In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more

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