Given the strong performance of banks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, regulators should not need to employ “ad hoc and roughly improvised limitations” on the restrictions of capital distributions going forward, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles said in remarks at an industry event today.
The Federal Reserve today finalized a rule making changes to its capital planning requirements that…
The Federal Reserve issued a proposal to make changes to its capital plan rule that applies to large bank holding companies and U.S. intermediate holding companies of foreign banking organizations.
Taking note of the inherent tension in bank supervision between the need for confidentiality and tailoring on one hand and accountability and predictability on the other, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles today elaborated on his plans to revamp how the Fed supervises banks.
The Federal Reserve today approved its long-awaited framework for tailoring enhanced prudential standards for firms with $100 billion or more in assets—as required by the S. 2155 regulatory reform law—and how it will apply those standards to large U.S. and foreign banking organizations.
A group of 13 Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee today urged the federal banking agencies to accelerate implementation of regulatory reforms made by the S. 2155 reform law, as well as other reforms that they said would enhance economic growth.
The largest U.S. banks collectively showed that they can withstand a severe economic downturn and continued to improve their capital positions, according to the results of Dodd-Frank Act-mandated stress tests the Federal Reserve released today.
ABA, along with the Bank Policy Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, today expressed its support for a proposal from the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, as well as an advance notice of proposed rulemaking from the FDIC, to tailor their resolution planning frameworks for large banking companies and large insured banks.
ABA on Friday submitted feedback to the federal regulatory agencies on a recent proposal to tailor prudential regulations for foreign banking organizations.
Regulatory agencies are focused on the growth of credit risk outside the banking industry, according to remarks by top officials at the ABA Washington Summit today.