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The question of who will pay the additional costs that lenders are expected to incur as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) and the announced modifications to the Basel Framework of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel III) has been a highly debated topic recently ...

We all know that liquids are both good and bad. We are supposed to drink on average eight glasses of water a day for good health.

One of the art world's most important events in the United States has recently concluded in Miami Beach, Florida. Running December 3-7, 2025...

It begins by Mr. Natal walking into TheBank and requesting to open an account for his company that's just opened a new office in town. With his bank documents, he deposits funds for several million dollars. Notably, this gets the attention of the higher ups at TheBank, and he's welcomed with open arms.

Court Recognizes "Commercial Reasonableness" In Finding For Bank In Data Security Breach Case

Finally! The important second leg of the legislation is on the table.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued today for public comment its anticipated guidance for private equity investors in failed banks or thrifts.

Much has already been written about the possible impact of the Volcker Rule on the financial services industry.

On September 15, 2016, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry addressed how the US federal banking system has progressed since the Great Recession and the 2008 financial crisis...

On March 30, 2016, a federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order rescinding a December 2014 designation by the US Financial Stability Oversight Council of Metlife, Inc., as systemically important.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the federal bank regulatory agencies, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, in consultation with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, issued guidance (the "Guidance") that clarifies and consolidates existing regulatory expectations regarding the information financial institutions must obtain regarding beneficial owners for certain accounts and customer relationships.

At its heart, the decision in Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. v. Huntsman Corp. (2008 Del. Ch. LEXIS 134 (Del. Ch. Sept. 29, 2008)) serves primarily as a reminder of certain fundamental principles that dealmakers should keep in mind when negotiating and executing buy-out transactions.

Because banks receive favorable capital treatment when a credit facility's tenor is shorter than one year, lenders increasingly offer financing with 364-day tenors and uncommitted extension option terms of up to 364 days.

The Liquidity Coverage Ratio requires covered institutions to maintain a stock of high-quality liquid assets sufficient to satisfy their projected net cash outflows over a 30-day period as computed under the rule.

As we previously reported here in Cabinet News & Views, the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC reproposed the Basel III Endgame package of amendments to the U.S. risk-based capital rules (“The Reproposal").

The FDIC recently released guidance advising bank directors and officers that it is a breach of their fiduciary duties to remove copies of institution and supervisory records from a bank in anticipation of litigation or enforcement activity against the director or officer personally.

The Interim Rule provides a general explanation of the procedures that OFAC will follow with respect to economic sanctions violations.

It is clear from the broad scope of the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,” which was passed by Congress on October 3, 2008, that Treasury will need a lot of help implementing the requirements of the Act, including asset managers, servicers, property managers, expert consultants, and other similar service providers.