The FDIC released guidance this week with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Texas affected by Hurricane Beryl. The agency encouraged banks in affected areas to work constructively with borrowers experiencing difficulties due to severe weather, including extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans or easing terms for new loans. The agency said banks may receive favorable Community Reinvestment Act consideration for community development loans, investments and services in support of disaster recovery. The FDIC also will consider regulatory relief from certain filing and publishing requirements.
ABA to Senate Banking: Refine Clarity Act’s stablecoin yield language
ABA and a coalition of financial trade associations asked the Senate Banking Committee to refine the proposed payment stablecoin yield language in the Clarity Act, which prohibits crypto platforms from paying interest or yield to bank deposits on...









