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CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight ("DSIO") Director Joshua B. Sterling highlighted a number of regulatory issues for swap dealers

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry asserted that regulatory reforms since 2008 have improved capital, limited leverage, enhanced liquidity and improved supervision.

Two recent cases reflect the efforts of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to expand the scope of insider trading law — and courts’ pushing back against those efforts.

On November 10, 2016, the European Parliament published a press release on a vote taken by its Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ("ECON") in relation to revisions to Basel III...

On June 27, the European Commission published a report (COM(2019) 292 final) on the group supervision and capital management provisions under the Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC).

The purpose of the requirements is to offset the greater risk to such entities, and thus, the amount of margin required will vary based on relative risk.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on March 20, 2008, adopted an interim final rule that authorizes national banks, in emergency situations and with the OCC’s written approval, to make loans in excess of the normal limits on loans by a bank to a single borrower.

On April 30, 2015, the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released its Semi-annual Report on Banking Applications Activity.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman gave remarks last week to the American Bankers Association Community Banking Conference.

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Randal K. Quarles reviewed Financial Stability Board ("FSB") activity and raised issues that continue to affect the global financial system.

Who thinks that bank regulatory relief and federal highway funding have anything in common?

Statistics regarding payment systems in the United States are by now well-known. Check usage hit all-time highs in the 1990s, but has been on the decline since. Meanwhile, debit card, credit card, and electronic or automated clearing house (ACH) payments have sky-rocketed. Online banking has increased substantially, as customers have become more familiar and more comfortable with it.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), new standards pertaining to accessibility to automated teller machines (ATMs) for the visually impaired were issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the ADA Access Board in 2010.

The Statement marks what could be a significant shift in the regulatory landscape for banks engaged in leveraged lending and comes amid the continued prevalence of the private credit market and other non-bank lending.

On January 10, 2005, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") issued Interpretive Letter No. 1014 to the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation ("FICC") that clarified and reaffirmed the ability of national banks to become members of clearing corporations whose rules mutualize loss through a loss allocation system.

Today, President Obama announced bold and sweeping proposals to revamp oversight of the financial markets not seen since post depression times.

In July of 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed significant amendments to Rule 2a-7, the rule that regulates money market funds.