Regulations & Policy: Page 14


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    Wells Fargo CEO Scharf details asset cap limitations

    When the cap is removed, the CEO anticipates Wells can further invest in its consumer or wealth businesses, build out its product offerings and be more aggressive on lending and deposits.

    By April 16, 2024
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    Warren, Grassley want details on CFTC, Bankman-Fried meetings

    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his team met with CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam 10 times in the 14 months preceding FTX's bankruptcy. Lawmakers are now asking questions.

    By April 16, 2024
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    Trendline

    Artificial intelligence

    Banks are enthusiastic about AI’s promises. But can they get customers on board, and will regulators let the innovation happen?

    By Banking Dive staff
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    US, Europe lock arms on payments regulation

    U.S. and European regulators have joined forces to monitor digital payment concerns, including those related to buy now, pay later financing and big tech market participation.

    By Lynne Marek • April 15, 2024
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    Navigating the complexities of cannabis rescheduling

    Rescheduling may bring new complexity to cannabis banking, along with new opportunities.

    By Tony Repanich • April 15, 2024
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    Citi’s reorg job toll climbs to 7,000: Fraser

    The bank boosted its expectation for annual savings to $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, Citi, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase reported marked increases in FDIC special assessment costs.

    By April 12, 2024
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    UBS could face stricter capital requirements

    The Swiss government outlined a 209-page report Wednesday proposing stricter capital requirements for UBS, which has a balance sheet of $1.7 trillion and floated the idea of additional powers for Finma.

    By April 11, 2024
  • Martin Gruenberg addresses the Senate Banking Committee.
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    Gruenberg: FDIC knows how it would wind down a G-SIB

    Until the FDIC and regulators are tasked with a G-SIB wind-down, and until they do so successfully, questions will arise “as to whether it can be done,” the agency chief said.

    By April 11, 2024
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    Dive Deposits: This isn’t the year to gauge women’s progress in banking

    JPMorgan's proxy statement is mum regarding the Piepszak-Lake race, but neither executive is the bank's best-paid woman. Meanwhile, the jury is out on Goldman and Citi.

    By April 9, 2024
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    Citi, TD, HSBC, Northern Trust added to West Virginia restricted list

    The state warned the banks in February of consequences if they "boycott" fossil fuels. BMO and Fifth Third avoided being added to the list, the state said.

    By April 9, 2024
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    Dimon blasts regulation, proxy advisers in annual letter

    The JPMorgan Chase CEO also gave prominent space to AI, touting its potential impact in software engineering, customer service and operations, “as well as in general employee productivity."

    By April 8, 2024
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    Frost Bank faces proposed overdraft fee class action

    Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit last week accusing the Texas lender of having a “routine policy and practice of charging its customers Overdraft Fees on transactions that did not overdraw an account.”

    By April 8, 2024
  • RBC fires CFO, treasury exec over undisclosed relationship

    Nadine Ahn had been seen as a potential future CEO candidate, sources told The Globe and Mail. RBC named Katherine Gibson its interim CFO while it searches for a successor.

    By April 8, 2024
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    March 2024 financial reporting, governance and risk management

    Learn about SEC climate-related disclosure rules, the FASB purchased financial assets project and a Fed vice chair speech on credit risk management.

    April 8, 2024
  • RBC joins Citi, JPMorgan in disclosing green financing ratios

    Shareholder proposals put forward by New York City’s retirement system have been pulled at all three banks, the city's comptroller, Brad Lander, said this week.

    By Lamar Johnson • April 5, 2024
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    Proxy advisers call Strike 2 on Goldman CEO Solomon

    Glass Lewis and ISS each urged shareholders to vote to separate the bank's CEO and board chair roles. Glass Lewis also wants voters to reject Goldman's executive pay package.

    By April 5, 2024
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    Bowman, Chopra M&A comments put partisan divide on display

    The Fed governor assailed what she called the FDIC's proposed "regulation by application," while the CFPB chief stressed how mergers should boost communities.

    By April 4, 2024
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    Navy Federal’s ‘community bank’ label draws ICBA rebuke

    The trade group wants the FDIC and NCUA to issue cease-and-desist orders against the credit union's characterization of a co-branded program with the Defense Department.

    By April 4, 2024
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    Judge sides with Fed in Custodia master account ruling

    Judge Scott Skavdahl said the Wyoming-based digital-asset bank failed to prove that the Fed’s board of governors had undue influence on the Kansas City Fed in its application denial.

    By April 2, 2024
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    Citi to lay off 430 NY-based workers in June

    Among the hardest-hit units is technology, media and telecom, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

    By April 2, 2024
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    Old National puts CFO on leave after child molestation charges

    The Evansville, Indiana-based bank named its chief strategy officer as interim CFO on Monday after Brendon Falconer was arrested last week.

    By April 2, 2024
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    Citi says 71% of energy clients lack substantive transition plan or ‘ability to execute’

    The bank made the disclosure in its latest climate report in response to a proposal that had been issued by shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.

    By Lamar Johnson • April 1, 2024
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    Texas federal judge blocks CRA revamp

    A judge added that the Community Reinvestment Modernization Act, which was introduced four times in nine years, was not passed by the Congress.

    By April 1, 2024
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    Piermont, Sutton banks hit with FDIC consent orders over BaaS

    The FDIC ordered Piermont to review all transactions since September 2022 to ensure all suspicious activity was reported. Sutton, meanwhile, must compile an inventory of its third-party relationships.

    By April 1, 2024
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    Citizens CEO knocks higher capital requirements

    “The rest of the economy is saying this has to be rethought,” CEO Bruce Van Saun said, adding the increase could scuttle lending to entrepreneurs and less affluent borrowers.

    By March 29, 2024
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    Warren reiterates call for gun MCC guidance

    The senator and 32 other Democrats are stressing the need for federal guidance on the gun merchant category code as states take opposing sides.

    By March 29, 2024