Agencies Update Guidance on COVID-19 Loan Modifications
The federal banking agencies today updated guidance on working with borrowers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Agencies Approve Early Adoption of SA-CCR, Delay of CECL Capital Phase-In
The federal banking agencies today announced two actions intended to help banks ensure the continued flow of credit to households and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Clears Massive Coronavirus Stimulus to Support Economic Growth
The Senate unanimously passed a sweeping $2 trillion stimulus package to provide relief to American consumers and businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Reps. Meeks, Luetkemeyer Join Chorus for CECL Suspension, Delay
In a bipartisan letter, Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) today joined the chorus of voices—including FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams—calling for the Financial Accounting Standards Board to suspend and delay its Current Expected Credit Loss standard amid the coronavirus pandemic.
ABA, Financial Groups Ask SEC to Exercise Authority with CECL Delay
Amid the growing economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and public health response, ABA and several other financial trade groups urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to use its statutory authority over public company accounting rules to delay implementation of the Current Expected Credit Loss approach.
McWilliams Calls on FASB to Offer CECL Postponement
In light of the sudden and significant economic changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and public health response, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams today asked the Financial Accounting Standards Board to allow banks that have begun implementing Current Expected Credit Loss methodology to postpone it, as well as to impose a CECL moratorium for banks not yet required to implement it.
Financial Regulators Issue CECL Policy Statement
As banks work to implement the current expected credit loss accounting standard, the financial regulatory agencies have finalized an interagency policy statement on allowances for credit losses.
Former Comptroller: CECL a ‘Real Threat’ to Financial System
In an op-ed in American Banker today, industry veteran and former Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig warned that the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss standard “will both undermine the financial industry’s ability to work itself out of a crisis and discourage lending to small businesses.”
Financial Services Hearing Spotlights Lawmakers’ Serious Concerns About CECL
Insights from ABA staff expert Josh Stein on the recent FASB oversight hearing.
Lawmakers Concerned about ‘Real-World Impacts’ of CECL Standard
During a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing today, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed serious concerns about the economic effects of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss standard on the cost and availability of credit for consumers.