Capital requirements

Banking regulators will let temporary capital relief expire as scheduled

03/19/21

The decision is seen as a setback for the banking industry, which had been pushing for and extension, and a win for Democrats, who have argued that a pandemic is no time for banks to be shedding capital.

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Fed nears decisions on key capital break, shareholder distributions

03/17/21

The Federal Reserve will determine within days whether to extend the easing of the supplementary leverage ratio for big banks past March 31, Chairman Jerome Powell says. And it's a couple of weeks away from announcing whether there will be limits on second-quarter dividends and buybacks, he says.

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Goldman pandemic loans draw scrutiny from Sens. Brown, Warren

03/15/21

The Senate Banking Committee is questioning whether Goldman Sachs Group paid dividends at the expense of lending to businesses and households during the pandemic as lawmakers take a broad look at the support big banks offered clients to get through the economic slump.

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Waters urges regulators not to extend reg relief measure

03/10/21

The House Financial Services chair joined other Democrats to warn the federal agencies against further easing of the supplementary leverage ratio, a key capital requirement for large banks.

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D.C. power shift complicates Fed decision on capital rule

03/04/21

The industry wants regulators to extend a temporary measure making it easier to satisfy the supplementary leverage ratio. But Democrats’ control of the White House and Congress has given a bigger platform to those who say banks have had enough relief.

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Big banks don’t need further relief from capital rule: Warren, Brown

03/02/21

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown urged regulators not to give in to industry requests to extend a temporary policy easing compliance with the supplementary leverage ratio.

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