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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

In the wake of regional bank failures, one potential answer to equity shorting and bank runs is having the FDIC increase deposit insurance. The regulators are considering three options: raising the limit above $250k, raising the cap for only certain accounts (such as banks’ business accounts), or eliminating the cap entirely.

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FDIC examiners may need higher pay, freer voice to bolster supervision

American Banker

The FDIC's New York regional office faced staffing shortages throughout its supervision of now-failed Signature Bank. Experts say more competitive wages, culture shifts and whistleblower protections could help regulators attract and retain talent and improve oversight.

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How Proposed Capital Rules Could Hit Credit Cards, Mortgages and More

The Financial Brand

Regional bank failures and troubles in early 2023 may bear bitter fruit for the institutions in that size class and beyond that survived. This article How Proposed Capital Rules Could Hit Credit Cards, Mortgages and More appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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The OCC’s final CRA rule: what changed from the agency’s proposed rule?

CFPB Monitor

On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. The OCC acted alone in issuing the final CRA rule without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued the proposed rule.

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Big banks will pay higher-than-expected deposit insurance fee

American Banker

Trade groups voiced concerns that the largest banks are paying to clean up a mess created by regional banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has finalized a special assessment that is slightly pricier than originally proposed for banks with uninsured deposits of more than $5 billion.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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Fraud prevention and detection: Empowering clients through education

Abrigo

consumers lost billions of dollars due to fraud during 2023. consumers lost more than $7 billion during the first three quarters of 2023, up 5% compared to the same period in 2022. billion was lost to fraud through social media between January 2021 and June 2023. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 U.S. According to the FTC , $2.7

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