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News BriefBarr speech signals Fed to rework capital rules after pressure from industry
Facing intense pressure from the banking industry, the Federal Reserve Board may scale back two controversial rule proposals aimed at reducing risks of bank failures in the event of a market downturn.
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News BriefFed's new capital requirement latest fallout from 2023 banking failures
The Federal Reserve Board will require more than 30 of country’s largest banks to maintain a minimum percentage of capital in reserve, a percentage which the Fed calculated based on their complexity and whether they are considered a global systemically important bank.
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News BriefOCC proposes recovery plan rule for banks with $100B or more in assets
The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposed a rule that would extend requirements for recovery plans to all banks with at least $100 billion in assets.
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News BriefRegs move forward Dodd-Frank rule on risk considerations in bank exec pay
Federal regulators adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking on incentive-based compensation requiring large banks to make their executive compensation arrangements “more sensitive to risk.”
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News BriefStruggling NYCB refreshes risk, audit leadership
New York Community Bancorp, a mid-sized bank struggling with precarious commercial loans and troubles with its acquisition of the failed Signature Bank last year, named a new chief risk officer and chief audit executive.
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PremiumFed upping supervisory pressure as SVB collapse nears 1-year mark
Since the failure of Silicon Valley Bank nearly one year ago, the Federal Reserve Board has revamped its supervisory procedures to respond more quickly and forcefully once it identifies emerging risks at mid-sized and large banks, according to the agency’s vice chair for supervision.
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OpinionTen things I’d like to see happen in 2024
Election years in the United States, United Kingdom, and at European Parliament, along with ongoing geopolitical tensions, make 2024 difficult to predict—aside from the expectation compliance officers will be busy.
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PremiumTop ethics and compliance failures of 2023
A virtual currency exchange that sought to mislead regulators, banks failing after ignoring obvious risks, and a manufacturer that sold millions of its products in violation of U.S. export controls are among those that make up CW’s list of the biggest ethics and compliance fails of 2023.
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PremiumOCC examiners to focus 2024 attention on risks that led to bank failures
Bank examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are focusing their supervision attention on how banks manage risks that brought down three mid-sized financial institutions earlier this year.
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News BriefFDIC acknowledges supervisory lapses in First Republic Bank postmortem
Loss of confidence following the March collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank was the primary reason First Republic Bank failed in May, according to an internal review conducted by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Banking reg proposals eye greater flexibility for FDIC amid failures
Federal banking regulators jointly issued new rule proposals and proposed guidance in continuing the push to shore up the U.S. regulatory system after a series of mid-sized bank failures earlier this year exposed apparent gaps.
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PremiumSurvey: U.S. bank failures prompt reassessment of third-party risks
Nearly half the respondents to a Compliance Week and Riskonnect survey regarding the recent U.S. banking crisis said they changed or considered changing their third-party risk management procedures as a result of the turmoil.
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ResourceSurvey Report: U.S. bank failures prompt reassessment of third-party risks
The recent banking crisis—in which three mid-sized U.S. banks failed—prompted just under half of compliance professionals across all industries to reassess their TPRM procedures, according to a recent survey conducted by Compliance Week and Riskonnect.
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PremiumFed vice chair: Large banks should expect capital standards to increase
The Federal Reserve Board will propose increasing capital standards for large banks and holding companies to build up the banking system’s resiliency against unanticipated market shocks.
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PremiumFed’s Powell: Three takeaways from recent bank failures
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shared in a speech three observations he had regarding the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank earlier this year.
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PremiumFed governor: Increased bank regulation may do more harm than good
Michelle Bowman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors warned in a speech the agency’s response to the banking crisis might end up hurting the mid-sized financial institutions it is supposed to help.
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News BriefOCC to banks: Don’t get complacent on risk monitoring
Banks should still be on guard despite relative calm in the industry compared to where things were three months ago following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency warned.
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PremiumHow will regulators’ increased scrutiny of banks play out in practice?
Federal banking regulators have indicated they will be more assertive in their supervision of mid-sized banks in the aftermath of the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. What actions might they take?
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PremiumKPMG report: Bank supervision, cyber among reg focus areas for rest of year
A new report by KPMG on key regulatory challenges for the second half of 2023 warned financial institutions to prepare for increased scrutiny, while all companies should expect more questions on how they oversee their cybersecurity and data management programs.
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PremiumFour takeaways from Senate hearings on SVB, Signature Bank failures
Leaders at Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the regulators who seized their banks testified before Congress across separate hearings.