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This blog post lays out the pros and cons that boards and senior management of regional and community banking organizations should consider in light of the Zions decision to shed its bank holding company.[1]  Some have suggested that directors of BHCs now have a fiduciary duty to consider shedding…
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Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 continues to evolve.  As we leave summer behind, here is the Fall Focus edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors.  We will continue to track these issues and will…
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Guidance is guidance, and rules are rules.  This straightforward statement was reiterated by Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles and Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting in separate Congressional hearings earlier this year.[1]  Nevertheless, for at least the past ten years, the failure to…
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The Center for Financial Stability is providing a freely accessible Financial Timeline, curated by Senior Fellow Yubo Wang.  The timeline, created in 2010 and actively maintained, charts more than 1,100 developments across the markets, institutions, the Federal Reserve, Treasury and other sources, from 2007 to the present.  This resource, which…
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The U.S. financial services industry continues to be faced with changes in technology – machine learning, database capabilities, automated process, and innovative products – that change the manner, speed and security with which financial services and products can be provided.  Those of us familiar with the longer term evolution of…
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The Federal Reserve’s current approach to determining whether a banking organization has control over another company for purposes of the Bank Holding Company Act can discourage fintech investments by banking organizations.  This impact was discussed in the Treasury Department’s report on nonbank financial institutions, fintech and innovation.  The report highlights…
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Today, the Federal Reserve and FDIC released the public sections of the 2018 165(d) resolution plans of Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS, which were due on July 1, 2018.  The plans contain strategies for the rapid and orderly resolution of each firm’s U.S. operations under the Bankruptcy Code…
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As we head into the July 4th holiday and the heart of summer approaches, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations, resignations and expiring terms.  The first slide summarizes the state of play for the agencies’ principals;…
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Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 continues to evolve.  For those of you who have been thinking you might catch up over the summer lull, here is the summer beach read edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas,…
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Today, the Federal Reserve and FDIC issued and invited comments on proposed guidance on the 2019 and subsequent submissions of the U.S. G-SIBs’ 165(d) resolution plans. The Proposed Guidance is available here.

The Proposed Guidance is largely similar to the guidance issued by the Agencies in April 2016, with…
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