FDIC

Regulators issue guide to boost availability of appraisers

05/31/17

Financial regulators issued joint guidance on Wednesday highlighting the availability of cross-state appraiser licensing agreements.

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Could Trump go 'nuclear' on FDIC?

05/30/17

The end of the filibuster for presidential nominees could affect whether Democrats get a say in picking board members of the FDIC.

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Fayette County Bank becomes year's sixth failure

05/26/17

The bank is the second failure in Illinois so far in 2017. Seaway Bank was closed in late January.

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Bankers would envy proposed appeals process for credit unions

05/26/17

The NCUA aims to give credit unions access to in-person hearings with its governing board. Such an opportunity is lacking at federal bank regulators.

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Top Pence adviser blasts FDIC resolution powers

05/25/17

A top Trump administration official on Thursday vowed to roll back FDIC powers to seize and unwind a failing megabank.

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Six insights from the FDIC's 1Q earnings scorecard

05/24/17

The FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile was mostly good news for banks, showing higher profits and lower noncurrent loans, but loan growth remains a worry. Following is a detailed look at some of the insights into bank earnings.

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Bank 1Q earnings jump to $44B, while loans fall: FDIC

05/24/17

Bank earnings leaped to $44 billion in the first quarter, a 12.7% increase from a year earlier, but loan growth marked its first quarterly slowdown since 2013.

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Four takeaways from Trump's first budget

05/23/17

President Trump’s budget would reduce funds to the CFPB and eliminate a fund designed to help regulators unwind a failing megabank.

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Why de novos are still a no-no for this banker

05/23/17

Regulators have hinted that they're warming up to the idea of startups, but industry veteran George Groves is raising money to buy an existing bank because he fears the approval process will take too long.

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The perils of repealing FDIC resolution powers

05/19/17

The Trump administration’s examination of Dodd-Frank Act powers to allow regulators to seize and unwind a failing megabank is drawing criticism from supervisors at home and abroad.

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