Federal Reserve

Fed finalizes qualitative stress test changes

01/30/17

The Federal Reserve Board approved a proposal Monday designed to exempt most of the 33 banks subject to annual stress testing from the “qualitative” aspects of the test.

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Regulators hit BB&T over anti-laundering deficiencies

01/27/17

Federal and state regulators on Friday announced that BB&T has agreed to a consent order over weaknesses in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering program.

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Possible Fed vice chair pick has long history with finreg

01/24/17

President Trump’s reported interest in GE Capital CEO David Nason — a former Bush Treasury official and front-row participant in the government’s response to the financial crisis — is sending the signal that the new administration intends to take a measured approach to financial regulation.

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Why Trump still faces an uphill climb to ease regulations

01/20/17

The financial services industry has high hopes that President Trump will usher in a new era of less regulation and economic growth. Here are challenges his administration will face.

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There is plenty for banks to worry about in 2017

01/12/17

Any economic environment, including this one, has risks but it is unclear whether banks are sufficiently worried about what lies ahead.

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How Each Bank’s ‘Living Will’ Plan Fared With U.S. Regulators

04/13/16

Regulators gave Citigroup Inc. a passing grade on its plan detailing how it would go through a potential bankruptcy, but the “living will” plans from the other big U.S. banks received harsher assessments in evaluations released Wednesday.

Here’s a breakdown of how the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. evaluated each of the big banks.

Bank of America: “Not credible”

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What Do Rising Interest Rates Mean for Restructuring?

12/16/15

: Federal Reserve Bank Chair Janet Yellen held a news conference Wednesday in Washington, where she announced that the Fed will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2008.