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Summer’s Over and the Regulations Keep Coming, September 2025 - Cadwalader Capital Corner: Federal Reserve Announces Individual...

On August 29, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1. This announcement follows the June announcement on the results of the supervisory...more

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HMT Publishes Revised MoU on Financial Crisis Management

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of England (BoE) and UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on financial crisis management, replacing the previous version from...more

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RegFi Episode 71: GENIUS Act: Establishing a Federal Regulatory Framework for Stablecoins

Mona Elliot and Sam Canavos of Patomak Global Partners join RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk to discuss the newly enacted GENIUS Act, its goals and implications for the stablecoin market. The conversation...more

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Regulatory Monitoring: EU version - August 2025

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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language. ECB: Opinion on the supervisory independence of Lietuvos bankas and the prevention of conflicts of...more

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EBA Publishes Final RTS for Off-balance Conversion Factors Under CRR

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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

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ECB Issues Opinion On Lithuania's CRD VI Transposition Into National Law

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its opinion adopted on 14 August in response to a request from Lithuania's Minister of Finance. The opinion concerns proposed amendments to the Law on Lietuvos bankas (the draft...more

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Is the GENIUS Act Smart for Community Banks?

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The GENIUS Act, passed in July, is the first comprehensive federal framework for payment stablecoins in the United States. On the surface, it promises clarity and an opportunity for community banks to participate in the...more

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ECB Decision on Safeguards in Relation to Access by CCPS to Eurosystem Overnight Credit in TARGET

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Decision 2025/1734 of the European Central Bank (ECB) of 31 July on safeguards in relation to access by central counterparties (CCPs) to Eurosystem overnight credit in TARGET, has been published in the Official Journal. Under...more

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Fed withdraws its notice on supervising “novel activities”

On August 15, the Fed announced it withdrew its bank supervision program related to the Fed’s initiatives on “novel activities.” The Fed will return to monitoring banks’ novel activities through the normal supervisory...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Congress enacts stablecoin regulatory act, now law

On July 18, the U.S. Congress enacted the “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act,” or the “GENIUS Act,” to regulate the issuance and treatment of payment stablecoins, which are digital assets...more

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SRB Operational Guidance on Separability and Transferability for Transfer Tools

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The EU Single Resolution Board (SRB) has launched a consultation on its operational guidance for banks on separability and transferability. The SRB has updated its 2021 operational guidance on separability and seeks to align...more

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Debanking: August 2025 Federal Crackdown Signals New Compliance Imperative

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The rules around account closures and denials of banking services are shifting quickly. Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order taking aim at what he describes as “politicized or unlawful debanking.” The...more

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State AGs Are Stepping Up — Is Your Bank Ready for Multistate Scrutiny?

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The CFPB has scaled back some enforcement priorities, and the states have noticed. Certain states – including California, New York, Texas, and Connecticut – are particularly active, pursuing UDAP violations, privacy issues,...more

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UK FCA Publishes New Webpage Consolidating Its Work on Wholesale Bank Supervision

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a new "Wholesale banks supervision" webpage which consolidates insights from the FCA's multi-firm and other supervisory work involving wholesale banks. The webpage covers a...more

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SRB Finalises Operational Guidance for Banks on Resolvability Self-assessment

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The Single Resolution Board (SRB) published its Operational Guidance for Banks on Resolvability Self-Assessment, accompanied by a press release. This marks a shift towards a more structured and standardised approach for banks...more

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Executive Order Targeting Politicized or Unlawful Debanking

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On August 7, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans" (the Order). The purpose of the Order is to prohibit financial institutions from engaging in "politicized or unlawful...more

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Trump Signs Executive Order on Debanking

On August 7, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal banking regulators to prevent financial institutions and financial service providers from denying or restricting financial services and products based...more

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EBA publishes final RTS for operational risk loss under CRR3

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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

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UK FPC finalises O-SII buffer framework review

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The Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC) final response to the 2024 review of the Other Systemically Important Institutions (O-SII) buffer framework. This follows the March consultation,...more

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Preparing Banks for the Next Round of Challenges While the Sun Is Still Shining

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Fifteen years ago, in the shadow of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress adopted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), the most significant change to financial regulation since the...more

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Executive Order on Debanking and What It Means for Community Banks

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending what the administration calls “politicized debanking.” The order directs federal agencies to take sweeping action against financial institutions...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel’s Latest Attempt to Increase Competition in the Banking Sector

On August 6, 2025, the interministerial team to increase competition in the retail banking sector (established by Israel’s Minister of Finance in collaboration with the Governor of the Bank of Israel) published its...more

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ECB finalises revisions to guide on options and discretions under EU banking law

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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

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FDIC and OCC release CRA evaluations for May and July of 2025, respectively

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

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Fed and FDIC release the public sections of 64 banks’ living wills

On August 5, the Fed and FDIC released the public sections of 2025 resolution plans for the eight largest and most complex domestic banking organizations and 56 foreign banking organizations. The plans, as required by the...more

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