Navigating Consumer Protection: The CFPB's Expanding Reach — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Understanding Scope of Practice
Evolving State Supervision: Issues Arising from State Qualification Standards and 'SAFE' Act Licensing, and Coordination with the CFPB
The Federal Reserve has announced that the agency will no longer assess reputational risk when examining banks’ risk management processes. According to the June 23 announcement, the Federal Reserve has already begun reviewing...more
This second installment in a series of insights on bank charter considerations describes the consequences of operating through an insured depository institution charter, including capital requirements, supervision and...more
On March 3, it was reported that former Fed Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, stepped down from the Fed’s Committee on Supervision and Regulation, leaving the supervision panel without a chair. This leaves Fed Vice...more
Since the 2023 spring bank failures, the federal banking agencies have tinkered with significant bank regulations and guidance—ranging from capital, bail-in measures, and resolution planning to climate-risk stress testing,...more
Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Governor Michelle Bowman gave remarks last week to the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) Community Banking Conference. Governor Bowman discussed the role of FRB independence, predictability...more
The guiding principles are similar to related proposals from other banking regulators, but will require further clarification through the comment process. On December 2, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal...more
The Federal Reserve is taking measured steps to better understand the types of cryptoasset-related activities contemplated by its supervised banking organizations. On August 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the...more
U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Vice Chairman for Supervision, Randal Quarles, discussed the tailoring of supervision and regulation for large financial institutions. Vice Chairman Quarles noted that...more
The US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued proposed guidance for comment that would clarify supervisory expectations related to risk management for large financial institutions. This proposed guidance...more
On April 17, the Federal Reserve Board published a Supervision and Regulation Letter containing additional information on the operating structure of the Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee (LISCC) supervisory...more