Four senators yesterday re-introduced what they called the “21st Century Glass-Steagall Act,” a bill that would reintroduce barriers between commercial and investment banking. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Angus King (I-Maine), would prohibit FDIC-insured depository institutions from engaging in insurance, securities or swaps activity or to be affiliated with any such entity.
ABA urges OCC to provide stronger safeguards, clearer rules for charter applicants
As the OCC considers revising its chartering rules, the agency should seek to uphold strong safety and soundness standards, increase transparency in the chartering process, and move cautiously as new regulatory frameworks develop, ABA said. The association also...









