OCC: Mortgage Performance Improved in Fourth Quarter
The share of current and performing first-lien mortgages in the fourth quarter of 2018 was 95.8 percent, up slightly from...
Lands of Opportunity
How a new tax incentive could drive commercial lending in rural communities.
McWilliams: Volcker Reform Should Address Treatment of Foreign Funds
Noting that “the agencies still have work to do” to reform the Volcker Rule, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams today emphasized...
FDIC Outlines Plans for Deposit Insurance Calculations Under Community Bank Leverage Ratio
As the agencies prepare to finalize the framework for the community bank leverage ratio, the FDIC has issued a proposal...
Luetkemeyer Seeks Information on CECL’s Effect on GSEs
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) today wrote to Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Joseph Otting today requesting information on how...
BB&T, SunTrust Announce $66B Merger Deal
BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks today announced that they will combine in a merger of equals that would make the...
Federal Reserve Issues 2019 CCAR Scenarios
The Federal Reserve today released the three economic and financial market scenarios that it will use in the next round...
ABA Supports Proposed Residential Real Estate Appraisal Threshold Increase
The American Bankers Association today offered support for a recent proposal by the financial regulatory agencies to raise the appraisal...
