The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) concerning the allocation of off-balance sheet items and the specification of factors that may constrain institutions'...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a final report containing three final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) aimed at standardising the collection and recording of operational risk losses under the...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published an updated guide outlining its supervisory stance on the exercise of options and discretions provided for under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the Capital...more
The European Commission has published a targeted consultation, accompanied by a press release, on a draft communication regarding the prudential treatment of equity investments by banks under legislative programmes in Article...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU EBA: Report on the exemption of third country undertakings from the requirement to set-up a branch for the provision of banking services to EU...more
Federal Court Sends Colorado's Case Against Online Lending Platform Back to State Court - Colorado's ongoing challenge to the bank partnership model of online lending will next play out, at least in part, in state court. ...more
Financial Industry Developments - Prohibition on Dealing or Investing in Industrial or Commercial Metals - On January 3, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") finalized a rule that...more