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Federal Reserve launches new compliance bulletin
The Federal Reserve Board has launched a new publication intended to provide bankers with high-level summaries of pertinent supervisory issues.
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FSR: Congress must enact data breach legislation
The Financial Services Roundtable is urging Congress to enact stronger data security legislation and ensure sensitive financial information is kept safe.
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OCC chides Senate critics, defends supervisory reforms
The Comptroller of the Currency is fighting back against accusations by Senate Democrats, that his agency was slow to adapt to lessons learned from last year’s problematic behavior at Wells Fargo.
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Wells Fargo CEO retires amid cross-selling scandal
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf called it quits on Thursday, retiring amid revelations that at least 2.5 million unauthorized accounts and credit cards were opened on behalf of unsuspecting customers. The hasty departure, however, says Joe Mont, may not satisfy his most vocal critics.
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Federal Reserve releases bank stress test results
Some good news from the Federal Reserve this week: U.S. banks seem to have enough cash on hand to weather a variety of unexpected economic calamities and downturns. “The nation's largest bank holding companies continue to build their capital levels and improve their credit quality, strengthening their ability to lend ...
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ArticleIs blockchain technology FinTech’s magic bullet?
Image: Bitcoin is dead; long live blockchain. To be fair, bitcoin, the much-hyped virtual currency, is hardly ready to fade into oblivion. The technology underlying those online exchanges, however, is poised to become the hottest technology to hit the financial world in years, albeit not without significant business and regulatory ...
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OCC's Focus on Credit Risk Includes Auto Loan Concerns
A side effect of the economic recovery is that credit risk is now "moving to the forefront," says Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry. As banks reach for loan growth with less creditworthy borrowers, the resulting risk is prompting increased regulatory scrutiny of auto, home equity, and commercial real ...
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Big Banks Agree to Preserve Records on Symphony Chat Program
New York State has reached agreements with Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Bank of New York Mellon regarding recordkeeping requirements for the Symphony chat and messaging platform, a service aimed at banks. The agreements require Symphony to retain all communications sent to or from the banks through its ...
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Appellate Court Allows Constitutional Challenge to CFPB
A small Texas bank scored a potentially big victory last week when a federal appeals court ruled that it has standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The decision, overturning a 2013 district court ruling, rejected a similar challenge to the Financial Stability Oversight Council and ...
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EU to Postpone Capital Rules on EU Banks
The European Union is again planning to postpone new capital rules on EU banks to hold more capital when trading derivatives with unapproved foreign exchanges. In response to the financial crisis, the United States formulated its own trading guidelines without giving European regulators sufficient opportunity to weigh in, experts say. ...
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U.K. Watchdog to Hold Senior Managers Accountable
British banking regulators have released new guidelines to improve individual accountability in the banking sector. In the event of misconduct, senior managers who are capable of “causing significant harm” to a bank, or can threaten the integrity of financial markets, will now be held accountable in an investigation. Details inside.