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Federal Agencies Release Guidance on Crypto-Asset Safekeeping for Banks

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On July 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly issued a statement addressing the...more

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Federal Reserve Withdraws Crypto-Related Guidance Including Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations

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The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") softened its stance on regulation of crypto activity by banking organizations by rescinding supervisory letters that created hurdles for crypto-asset activities and by joining the Office of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Acquiring or Investing in Banks – More Interest Expected in a Second Trump Administration

Federal banking agencies under a second Trump Administration are expected to be more receptive to industry proposals for bank mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions. We've previously explored national trust banks and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Key LP Investments Trends in 2024 and Beyond

C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Onwards and upwards! To Narnia and the North," and this seems to have been echoed by the private equity market in 2024 thus far. Except this time, it appears the destination is not Narnia but rather...more

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Vice Chair Barr Speaks on Liquidity Risk Management and Preparation for Use of Discount Window

Last Friday, Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve Board’s (“FRB”) Vice Chair for Supervision, delivered remarks to the ECB Forum on Banking Supervision in Frankfurt, Germany entitled The Importance of Effective Liquidity Risk...more

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Federal Reserve Says Permission Required for State Banks to Be Involved in Stablecoin Issuance

The Federal Reserve issued a Supervision and Regulation letter earlier this week to all state member banks (“SMBs”) regarding their involvement in activities involving stablecoins, taking an even more reticent position than...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Banking Crisis of 2023: Outlook for the U.S. Banking Sector, Possible Regulatory and Legislative Responses, Lessons for Bank...

Legislative responses to recent banking industry failures could include reinstating various rules that formerly applied to banks with more than $100 billion in assets. There are a variety of measures which bank depositors...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 2, February 2023

Community Banks Renew Fight Against ILCs - “ICBA reiterates opposition to non-bank-owned lenders’ applications to the FDIC, naming GM, Ford, Rakuten.” Why this is important: The Independent Community Bankers of...more

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Federal Reserve Issues Final Guidelines for Master Account Access

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), on August 15, 2022, issued final guidelines for regional Federal Reserve Banks to use when considering applications for Federal Reserve “master...more

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FRB Vice Chair Brainard Touts CRA Proposal and Positive Impacts on Native American Communities

On July 19, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Vice Chair Lael Brainard gave remarks to the National Native Coalition Virtual Series sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians. Her remarks focused on the joint proposal...more

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Description Of The Small Business Investment Company Program Participation By Unleveraged Funds - January 2020

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A Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated company that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....more

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Dodd-Frank Rollback Benefits Insurers

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Marketing Private Life Insurance Separate Accounts to Smaller Banks - Subject to certain exceptions, the so-called “Volcker rule” provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and regulations thereunder (collectively, the Volcker Rule)...more

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Quarterly Investment Update - 4th Quarter 2016

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ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - In this past year we were reminded again to expect the unexpected: The well-established political classes in the U.K., the U.S. and Italy learned that democracy was their Achilles’ heel, and...more

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Global Regulators Evolve on Money Manager Systemic Risks

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The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in June made an important recommendation concerning any risks that investment funds and advisors present to the global financial system....more

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Mid-Market Trends - Leveraged Lending and the Current Regulatory Environment

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Financial institutions, institutional investors and liquidity providers to the leveraged loan markets are finding themselves increasingly subject to new regulation in the United States and abroad. Both global and U.S....more

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