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U.S. Regulators to Bank Boards: “Debt is Good”

Perficient

The regulators feel that this proposed LTD rule would: Improve the resolvability of these banking organizations in case of failure, Potentially reduce costs to the Deposit Insurance Fund, and Mitigate financial stability and contagion risks by reducing the risk of loss to uninsured depositors.

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Regulators weigh impact of new capital rules on banks and nonbanks alike

American Banker

Higher capital requirements tend to drive certain lending activities away from banking and toward so-called shadow banks. How regulators shore up banks without driving their customers away is the source of a spirited philosophical debate in Washington.

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The Crypto Brat Pack Just Earned Themselves Regulation

Gonzobanker

Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand. Welcome to adulthood, y’all. Wonderful” O’ Leary, and of course Tom and Gisele. What’s Next?

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Top Banks Looking To Washington For Growth, Clarity

PYMNTS

.’s largest banks are looking to Washington, D.C., to push forward regulations that will promote growth. Bancorp and Morgan Stanley have echoed similar sentiments, stating government regulations will be key for further growth. CEOs at major banks including U.S. banks to be greater engines of economic growth.”

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. That comes as Open Banking bowed in Europe last month.

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Federal Regulators Visited Amazon Facility To Search Laptops

PYMNTS

Investigators from the Federal Reserve carried out an inspection of Amazon ’s cloud in April as Washington looks into ways to regulate companies that provide the service. People familiar with the matter said the regulators were most interested in looking at Amazon’s resiliency and backup systems.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

While Washington often moves at a glacial pace, it recently came to life to enact reforms benefiting bank and thrift holding companies. These reforms—one enacted by Congress, another by regulators—are designed to improve access to capital and to even reporting requirements for community bank and thrift holding companies.