FDIC Opens Dodd-Frank Rulemaking on Pay Limits, Shifts Assessment Burden to Largest Banks

The FDIC Feb. 7 became the first of seven federal agencies to approve a proposed rule to implement Dodd-Frank Section 956 that prohibits incentive based compensation arrangements that encourage inappropriate risk taking by covered financial institutions, and are deemed to be excessive or that may lead to material losses…

BNA INSIGHTS: Higher Minimum Capital Standards: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Crowns Common Equity King

On Sept. 12, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee Group”) announced capital reforms designed to substantially strengthen…

Fed Calls on Stress-Test Bank Firms To File Capital Plans By Early January

The Federal Reserve Board Nov. 17 released guidelines on capital actions by 19 large bank holding companies that underwent high-profile stress testing in 2009, saying those firms will have to do it again…

Fed Governor Cautions on Dividends by Large Bank Holding Companies, Says Fed Will Issue ‘Conservative’ Guidance

Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, citing safety and soundness concerns, Nov. 12 said the Fed will soon issue guidance on dividend payments by…

New Kind of Rulewriting Foreseen as Reform Focus Shifts to Implementation

A different kind of rulewriting process may be in store as federal regulators gear up to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act…

Basel Committee Bends to Bank Pressure, Issues Modifications to Basel III

Bending to pressure from the world’s most powerful banks, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issues changes to its proposed…

FDIC Gets Expanded Backup Supervision under MOU with Other Federal Bank Regulators

As a means of protecting the deposit insurance fund, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has been granted expanded backup supervision authority…

Senate Financial Services Reform Legislation the Likely Model as House, Senate Conferees Prepare to Meet

A Senate-passed bill that would broadly overhaul U.S. financial services regulation is the most likely model for House and Senate conferees as they prepare to hammer out their…

New Banks Opting for National Charters Down Significantly Since 2003

Looking at 1,663 de novo banks established between 1998 and 2008, a study released May 19 by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency shows “a clear and persistent shift away from national bank charters and…

Bank Profits Reach Two-Year High, but Failures Expected to Peak in 2010

Banks’ aggregate profit reached a two-year high of $18 billion in the first quarter of 2010, but the number of troubled banks also rose to 775, the highest since June 30, 1993, according to…

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