Federal Reserve

Syndicated loans looking safer, with two notable exceptions

08/02/17

In their biannual Shared National Credits Program report, regulators said that banks' exposure to leveraged loans and the oil and gas sector remained a source of concern.

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Banks ease standards for C&I loans, raise the bar on CRE loans: Fed

07/31/17

The Fed’s quarterly Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey found that demand decreased for both commercial and industrial and commercial real estate loans.

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Unwinding of Fed's balance sheet threatens bank deposit gains

07/31/17

As much as $2.5 trillion, or nearly half of bank deposit growth since the crisis, may be attributable to the central bank's quantitative easing. If investors start drawing down on their accounts to buy back assets from the Fed, the trend could dampen liquidity at certain banks, add upward pressure on deposit prices and reshape M&A.

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Bank in limbo: American Samoa's bold attempt to save its economy

07/31/17

The South Pacific island's leaders have a creative solution to fix their cash-based economy that hasn't been done in the U.S. in nearly a century. But will regulators approve?

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BancorpSouth set to abandon its bank holding company

07/28/17

With the move, the Mississippi bank would no longer be regulated by the Federal Reserve. The decision comes after the bank struggled with Bank Secrecy Act and Community Reinvestment Act compliance.

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M&T Bank, four years and $400M later, released from enforcement action

07/28/17

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank has been freed from an enforcement order that required an upgrade of its anti-money-laundering compliance systems. The Fed had ordered the upgrade as a condition for approval of its acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp.

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Yet another Wells scandal; bitcoin exchange busted

07/28/17

The bank forced hundreds of thousands of auto loan borrowers to take out insurance they didn't need, putting some into delinquency; a Russian man is arrested and charged in $4 billion money laundering scheme.

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Will fixes to the Volcker Rule matter?

07/27/17

Regulators have near consensus that parts of the Volcker rule need to change. But it's not clear whether the fixes being contemplated will have a big impact.

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Trump’s financial nominees on the Hill: What we learned

07/27/17

Financial regulation is too complex and needs to be retooled to improve access to credit, President Trump’s nominees to two top banking regulators told Capitol Hill on Thursday.

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Inside seven plans for a faster U.S. payment system

07/25/17

A task force convened by the Federal Reserve released its evaluations last week of 16 proposals to build a faster U.S. payment system. What follows is a brief look at some of the plans that received high marks.

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