FDIC Budget, Headcount to Decrease in 2019
The FDIC board today approved a $2.04 billion agency operating budget for 2019, down 2.3 percent from the 2018 budget.
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Senators Urge Action on Private Flood Insurance
A group of eight Republican senators on Friday called on financial regulators to adopt a rule that would provide clear...
Nonbank Backtracks on ‘Checking and Savings’ Account After Outcry
Nonbank fintech company Robinhood, an online brokerage firm, has backtracked on plans to offer what it called a “checking and...
FHA Announces New Loan Limits for 2019
The maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages the Federal Housing Administration will insure will increase in 2019, the agency said...
IRS Issues Highly Anticipated Base Erosion Proposal
The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday issued a long-awaited proposal interpreting a section of last year’s tax reform law that seeks to combat...
Fiduciary Rule, Libor Transition on SEC Agenda for 2019
Completing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking on best interest standards for broker-dealers and investment advisers is a “key priority”...
Basel Proposes New Leverage Ratio Disclosure Requirements
In a bid to prevent what it calls “window-dressing,” a form of regulatory arbitrage around disclosure deadlines, the Basel Committee...
ABA Data Bank: 2019 Christmas Price Index
PNC's Christmas Price Index, which tracks the cost of a full set of every gift in "The Twelve Days of...
