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The Federal Reserve today issued a proposal that would seek to more closely align the Fed’s forward-looking stress testing results with its non-stress capital requirements for banks with $50 billion or more in assets by basing capital requirements on stress test performance.
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Sweeping Senate Majority Passes Bipartisan Regulatory Reform Bill
In a bipartisan 67-31 vote, the Senate tonight passed S. 2155, the bipartisan regulatory reform bill crafted by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.).
Read More »Crapo Releases New Text of Bipartisan Regulatory Reform Bill
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) tonight released a revised version of S. 2155, the bipartisan regulatory reform bill that he and four Democratic colleagues are championing.
Read More »Nichols Writes to Senators in Support of Reg Reform Bill
American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols wrote to Senate leaders today to offer the association’s full-throated support for the S. 2155.
Read More »Federal Reserve Issues 2018 CCAR Scenarios
The Federal Reserve today released the three economic and financial market scenarios that it will use in the next round of the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review process for 38 of the nation’s largest financial institutions and foreign firms with U.S. operations.
Read More »ABA Supports Fed’s Stress Test Transparency Proposal, Recommends Further Changes
Recent proposals by the Federal Reserve that together attempt to bring more transparency to stress testing exercises mark an “important step” in an ongoing process, the American Bankers Association said in a comment letter today.
Read More »Quarles Updates on Near-Term Reg Changes, Outlines Future Areas of Focus
Speaking at a legal conference in Washington today, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles provided a status update on five key areas where the Fed is making regulatory changes and outlined three future areas of focus.
Read More »Putting Stress Tests to Work
How banks can turn a compliance chore into a business growth opportunity.
Read More »Fed Seeks Comment on Proposed Stress Test Changes
The Federal Reserve today released for comment several proposals that together attempt to bring more transparency to stress testing exercises—a long-standing priority for the American Bankers Association.
Read More »House Committee Passes ABA-Advocated Bills
During a markup yesterday and today, the House Financial Services Committee approved several regulatory relief bills advocated by ABA as part of its Blueprint for Growth.
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