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Don’t miss this complimentary webinar spotlighting the five most pressing regulatory developments reshaping compliance in Canada’s financial sector. From board-level liability, to shifting enforcement priorities, get up to...more
In this podcast, the hosts discuss the importance of managing third-party risk for financial institutions. They highlight how institutions rely on external providers for technological innovation and operational support, but...more
On June 14, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) released a cease and desist order against an Arkansas-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider for compliance and risk management failures. As part of the order, the bank is...more
On October 24, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (together, the “Agencies”) released their final Principles for Climate-Related...more
The first half of 2023 has seen three bank failures, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. In 2008–the last time multiple FDIC-insured banks failed–the collapse of the economy and massive bank reform...more
The recent and sudden failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the threat of other bank failures, have led to intense public focus on what caused these banks to run into trouble, who is to blame, and what...more
On February 26, 2021, the Federal Reserve issued Supervisory Guidance (SG) for the Board of Directors (BOD) of Domestic Bank and Savings and Loan Holding Companies requiring effective BOD oversight. ...more
On February 2, 2018, the Fed announced that it issued a consent Cease and Desist order with Wells Fargo—the bank holding company. The Fed’s press release noted that Wells is replacing 4 directors within this year (out of 17...more
Host Jonathan Hightower is joined by Ken Achenbach to discuss this week's proposed guidance from the Federal Reserve on the effectiveness of bank boards. In addition, at the outset of the episode Jonathan and Ken reviewed...more
Yesterday the Fed published a proposed guidance document for its expectations for board of directors of banks. The release only applies to the boards of banks with over $50 billion in consolidated assets, but the intent of...more
This is the second installment in our interview with Steven Grossman, VP Strategy & Enablement at Bay Dynamics, the cyber risk analytics company. Here, Steven discusses the importance of aligning an institution’s risk...more
According to the final rule recently issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) formalizing the agency’s “heightened expectations” supervisory regime, the largest U.S. federally chartered depository...more
Daniel K. Tarullo of the Board Of Governors of the Federal Reserve System delivered a speech on the intersection of corporate governance and prudential regulation. Some of the points he noted were (emphasis added)...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released proposed amendments to its Part 30 regulations, which reflect the agency's "heightened expectations" for large banks. That release, styled as an "Interim...more
The OCC issued proposed guidelines (the “Proposed Guidelines”) that would establish minimum standards for the design and implementation of a risk governance framework (the “Risk Framework”) by national banks, federal savings...more
The Federal Reserve recently added to the growing body of regulatory guidance on the topic of financial institution management of service provider outsourcing relationships by issuing its Guidance on Managing Outsourcing Risk...more
On October 30, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued new guidance on risks presented by third-party relationships, entitled “Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management Guidance” (“2013 Bulletin”)....more