The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has proposed new requirements for improving governance and risk management standards at big banks.

Following the financial crisis, the OCC developed a set of โ€œheightened expectationsโ€ to strengthen these specific areas and enhance its supervision. The proposed guidelines detail the minimum standards for the design and implementation of an institution’s risk governance framework and provide minimum standards for oversight of that framework by the board of directors. The changes, made public on Thursday, include: