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CFTC Ups Crypto Regulation In 2018

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According to The Wall Street Journal , the federal derivatives-market regulator also handed out around $900 million in penalties, higher than the amount in five of the eight years of the Obama administration. Christopher Giancarlo boasted about the agency’s enforcement numbers in a recent speech in Minneapolis. CFTC Chairman J.

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U.S. Bancorp Hoping For Regulation Lift By End Of Year

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“We do hope that, and believe that, as we get into the late second quarter, early third quarter, that the regulators will now start to … make judgments with respect to sustainability,” said Dolan. Bancorp admitted that it failed to look into certain suspicious customer accounts, as well as concealed key information from its regulator.

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Ten Questions (and Then Some) for Minneapolis Fed's Neel Kashkari

American Banker

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari made waves when he said drastic measures — including potentially breaking up the megabanks — are needed to end "too big to fail." In an expansive interview, Kashkari talked about his political future, the culture at the Fed and the challenge of legislating change.

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Fed's Kashkari says banks arguing against regulation ‘make stuff up’

American Banker

Kashkari, who oversaw the 2008 bank bailouts as a then-Treasury official, has been outspoken in favor of higher capital requirements since he took over at the Minneapolis Fed in 2016.

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The Fed’s ELE Tool for CECL: What It Is and Isn’t

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And while regulators said some institutions would find the ELE tool useful for CECL, they acknowledged it did not represent a preferred method of regulators or a “safe harbor” method for GAAP compliance. CECL Regulation. CECL Regulation. CECL Regulation. keep me informed. CECL Accounting. CECL Methodologies.

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

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Training is especially important for the BSA officer, who “is expected to be fully knowledgeable about the BSA and all related regulations,” as a recent Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publication noted. Networking is especially important for BSA officers to be able to stay informed.

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Kashkari Vs. Dimon For Battle Of The Bankers?

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As CNBC reported , Neel Kashkari, who serves as Minneapolis Fed president, is “taking on” Dimon, the financial arena’s “perhaps most well-known and powerful name,” in a spat over what Kashkari has called Dimon’s “demonstrably false” statements about financial firms. Yet Kashkari takes issue with that characterization.