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On July 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies) jointly published a proposed rule...more
On July 1, the OCC released CRA performance evaluations for 22 national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks, covering the period from June 1 through June 30. Of the evaluations...more
On March 24, the OCC published its Mortgage Metrics Report for the fourth quarter of 2024. The Report analyzed the performance of first-lien residential mortgage loans serviced by seven national banks in the U.S. As of...more
Recently, the OCC released data on small business, small farm, and community development lending during 2023, compiled by the FFIEC. The 2023 data, reported by 721 lenders, revealed a slight increase in reporting institutions...more
The OCC outlines safety and soundness principles and appropriate risk management processes for its regulated institutions that engage in venture lending. On November 1, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...more
On November 1, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued detailed guidance (the Bulletin) to national banks and federal savings associations addressing risk management standards and safe and sound...more
In Short: The Situation: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the "Agencies") have proposed rules...more
On Monday, Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve Board’s (“FRB”) Vice Chair for Supervision, delivered remarks to the American Bankers Association Annual Convention entitled Capital Supports Lending regarding the Basel III...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations recently published a risk alert spotlighting observations from its “RIC Initiatives”; the Federal Financial Institutions Examination...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it will reconsider its controversial June 2020 final rule revising its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules, and published its Semiannual...more
As most financial institutions and lenders are aware, in October 2020 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) issued a rule that required the identification of the "true lender" of a loan to a customer if the...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was opening the application process for the Emergency Capital Investment Program, a new program designed to provide long-term, low-cost equity and...more
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued its long-anticipated final rule on Oct. 27, to establish a “simple, bright-line test” to determine when a national bank or federal savings association has made a...more
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
Welcome to the 2018 Year-End Report from BakerHostetler’s Financial Services Industry Team . We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key developments in the financial services industry in 2018 and our expectations...more
California Appellate Court Overturns “Sham Guaranty” Defense - The single-purpose entity (SPE) has become a ubiquitous tool in commercial real estate acquisitions and financing in California. Lenders increasingly require...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more