The FDIC released guidance today with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Alaska affected by a severe storm, landslides and mudslides. The agency encouraged banks in affected areas to work constructively with borrowers experiencing difficulties due to the severe weather, including extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans or easing terms for new loans. The agency also said it would consider relief from certain filing and publishing requirements.
New executive orders target banks and citizenship, nonbank access to Fed services
President Trump signed an executive order directing regulators to provide guidance to financial institutions on identifying suspicious activity allegedly tied to individuals in the country illegally, and to potentially strengthen customer due diligence requirements. He also signed a...









