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On August 5, the FDIC released its list of state nonmember banks evaluated for CRA compliance, covering ratings assigned in May 2025. The FDIC released the ratings of 69 institutions, with 63 receiving a satisfactory rating,...more
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
Recently, the OCC released its Spring 2025 Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report detailing interest rate risk data gathered during examinations of OCC-supervised midsize and community banks and federal savings associations....more
On April 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) officially notified Congress of a significant information security incident involving its email system. This notification, mandated by the Federal Information...more
On March 3, the OCC released its CRA performance evaluations that became public during the month of November. The OCC evaluated 26 entities, including national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches...more
On January 2, the OCC released its CRA performance evaluations that became public during the month of December. The OCC evaluated 16 entities, including national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal...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
On April 16, the OCC released a request for comment on proposed revisions to its “Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Associated with Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards, and Monitoring” to...more
As discussed here, on October 24, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finally issued their long-awaited final rule modernizing how they...more
On December 27, 2023, the US federal banking regulators proposed a new set of reporting requirements for bank loans and commitments to private credit lenders and intermediaries....more
On July 18, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Senior Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision Greg Coleman testified on OCC supervision of climate-related financial risks before the U.S. House of...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
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
In response to increasingly frequent and sophisticated cybersecurity attacks on banks and bank service providers, the federal prudential banking regulators—the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of...more
The Situation: The Volcker Rule's complexity has created uncertainty and compliance burdens that adversely affect market liquidity, risk hedging, and other economically important activities. The Opportunities: Bank...more
On February 27, 2017, FinCEN announced a $7 million civil monetary penalty against Merchants for willful violations of the BSA. Additionally, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Merchants’ federal functional...more
The fourth quarter of 2016 has seen an uptick in regulatory activity respecting the financial services sector in the cybersecurity space, both at the state level as previously discussed (here) and on the federal level....more
SEC Proposes to Amend Rules Governing Its Administrative Proceedings - On September 24, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed to amend rules governing its administrative proceedings. Key...more
Federal Agencies Issue Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio Final Rule for Largest Banking Organizations and Propose Update to Supplementary Leverage Ratio Rule - On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, the Board of Governors of...more
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
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