The Federal Communications Commission today released a draft order that would create a database of phone numbers that have been relinquished by one individual and reassigned to another individual, something that the American Bankers Association has long called for.

In an American Banker op-ed today, the American Bankers Association called on Congress and the FDIC to reconsider existing brokered deposits rules and regulations and modernize them so that consumers can continue interacting their bank in the manner of their choosing.

The Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today reopened the public comment period on the Fed’s 2011 proposal regarding funds availability under Regulation CC.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today announced that the FCC will vote at its upcoming December 12 meeting to create a database of phone numbers that have been relinquished by one individual and reassigned to another individual, something that the American Bankers Association has long called for.

The financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposal that would raise the appraisal threshold for residential real estate transactions from $250,000 to $400,000.

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $62 billion in the third quarter, an increase of 29.3 percent from the industry’s earnings a year before, the FDIC said today.

In a comment letter to the FDIC today, the American Bankers Association offered its full support for a recent proposal that would rescind Part 350 from the Code of Federal Regulations.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today finalized a proposal making changes to the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program

In a long-awaited rulemaking, the FDIC today voted to propose that community banks with a leverage capital ratio of at least 9 percent may be automatically considered in compliance with Basel III capital requirements and exempt from the complex Basel calculations.

The American Bankers Association today called on the OCC to quickly finalize a proposal to implement a new section of the Home Owners’ Loan Act permitting certain federal thrifts to elect the rights and duties of national banks, as mandated by the regulatory reform law S. 2155.