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On July 10, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC (the agencies) published a joint notice in the Federal Register for public comment on Call Report forms applicable to U.S. bank holding companies identified as global systemically...more
On May 30, the Fed released its results of its Senior Financial Officer Survey summarizing responses from bank officers regarding their reserve balance management strategies and practices. The survey concluded on March 31 and...more
In December 2024, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) announced that they will be seeking public comment on “significant changes to improve the transparency of its bank stress tests and to reduce the volatility of...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
On June 9, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the “Agencies”) published final joint guidance on managing...more
The banking regulators of the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of Currency jointly announced a new rule requiring banking organizations in the United States to...more
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Executive Summary: ..The final regulations (Regulations) adopted by the five federal financial regulatory agencies (Agencies) on December 10, 2013 to implement the proprietary trading and private fund prohibitions of...more