News Topic: Minimum capital requirements

No plan will be implemented as long as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain in conservatorship, but a capital framework for the companies could still have a substantive impact. ... Read full article

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the agency has its hand full between proposals on liquidity and capital requirements and additional mandates made by the recently enacted regulatory relief law. ... Read full article

The agency proposed new minimum capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that would only go into effect if the government ends its conservatorships. ... Read full article

The bank's $17 billion investment in growth businesses is not seen as a game changer; Synchrony working with retail partners to make credit decisions on the fly. ... Read full article

The agency will release the results of the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test on June 21 and the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review on June 28. ... Read full article

In the continued absence of legislation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator announced work on a new capital framework. ... Read full article

Commenters will have more time to weigh in on the plan, by the Fed and OCC, that has triggered divisions among the federal regulators. ... Read full article

A pair of nominees to the Federal Reserve Board vowed Tuesday to protect the independence of the agency if confirmed, but avoided taking hard stances on pending regulatory issues. ... Read full article

The Fed and FDIC are at odds over how proposed changes to the supplemental leverage ratio would change megabanks’ capital levels. Here's why both estimates are right but misleading. ... Read full article

The Federal Reserve’s top regulator says proposed capital changes make system safer while overall capital levels are unchanged. ... Read full article

The outgoing No. 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the agency's former chair say the proposed changes would increase the likelihood of another financial crisis. ... Read full article

FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig has been a tough critic of risky practices by big banks and a key voice among federal regulators in support of stronger capital requirements. ... Read full article

All 12 directors win nearly 90% of the vote, as does long-time auditor KPMG; Mulvaney says records haven’t been vetted by the agency and shouldn’t be released. ... Read full article

The international standards-setting body is weathering the infatuation with isolationism in the U.S. and elsewhere better than expected. ... Read full article

Bank’s earnings report notes possible $1 billion in fines; loan-loss accounting rule will be rolled out over three years. ... Read full article

Over the past week, regulators have proposed the most substantial changes to capital requirements for the largest banks in years, but the most startling thing was how unremarkable they were. ... Read full article

During earnings calls, bankers welcomed the latest efforts by regulators to modify capital rules. JPMorgan Chase CFO Marianne Lake, meanwhile, called on policymakers to focus on overhauling the G-SIB surcharge. ... Read full article

Bank regulators propose to allow banks to phase in capital treatment of credit losses over three years. ... Read full article