Reform of the Community Reinvestment Act should seek to establish a minimum standard for the volume of CRA activities a bank must complete in its assessment area.
The most immediate threat to the safeguards underpinning a well-functioning banking sector involves the failure of regulators to hold banks accountable.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg raised concerns about provisions that would significantly increase the systemic risk threshold for large banks, as well as one that would change the calculation for the supplementary leverage ratio.
It was mostly good news for banks in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile, with higher earnings and net interest margins. But there were concerns as well, including slower loan and deposit growth.
The agency's Quarterly Banking Profile said banks earned $47.9 billion in the third quarter, helped by a 7.4% increase in net interest income from the previous year.
A U.S. alcohol maker's $191 million investment in Canadian cannabis could raise difficult questions for the banks that have lent big sums of money to the company.
The differences in business model between commercial banks and universal banks should not be ignored as Congress works to recalibrate the regulatory regime.
Departing chairman Martin Gruenberg says the financial system is still vulnerable to unforeseen shocks; bank offers ways for customers to avoid overdraft fees.
