Over the past few months, U.S. federal banking regulators have issued a number of proposals aimed at enhancing capital and long-term debt requirements for both U.S. GSIBs and large regional…
On October 11, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) published in the Federal Register for comment a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish new guidelines (the “Proposed Guidelines”) for governance…
As previewed by banking agencies for over a year and with increased frequency after the recent bank failures,[1] the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and…
After several years of anticipation, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (the “Agencies”) issued for comment…
As previewed in our client update from April 26, 2023, three government agencies released reports reviewing the failures of SVB Financial Group (“SVBFG”) and Signature Bank (“SBNY”) on Friday. Specifically:…
The Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank (“Signature”) failures (together, the “March Failures”) were the second- and third-largest commercial bank failures in U.S. history. Six weeks after the March…
In a further response to the events over the past several months that have rattled the crypto industry, on February 23, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance…
In response to “significant volatility and exposure of vulnerabilities in the crypto-asset sector” throughout 2022, on January 3, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and…
The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) has approved final guidelines (“Final Guidelines”) for Federal Reserve Banks (“Reserve Banks”) to use in evaluating requests for master accounts and access to Reserve Bank…
On March 8, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) issued for public comment proposed supplemental guidelines (“Supplemental Proposed Guidelines”) for Federal Reserve Banks (“Reserve Banks”) to use in evaluating requests…