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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC).

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans. Second, the hedge provider must be an FDIC insured institution and structure its hedges as a qualified financial contract (QFC).

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FDIC announces new resources for brokered deposits regulation

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC issued a new Financial Institution Letter ( FIL-23-2021 ) last week in which it announced that, to facilitate implementation of the final rule, it has added a Brokered Deposits webpage to the Banker Resource Center on its website.

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FDIC issues final rule on brokered deposits and interest rate limits applicable to less than well capitalized institutions

CFPB Monitor

The FDIC has issued a final rule that establishes a new framework for analyzing whether deposits made through deposit arrangements qualify as “brokered deposits” and amends the methodology for calculating the interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions (IDIs). Primary Purpose Exception.

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OCC CRA Final Rule: What’s Next for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board?

CFPB Monitor

When the OCC issued its final Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) rule on May 20, 2020, the agency acted alone without waiting to achieve consensus with the FDIC, the agency with which the OCC had jointly issued its proposed rule. As to the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), it had already bowed out of the CRA reform effort in 2019.

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Executive order on digital assets includes roles for CFPB, FTC, federal banking agencies

CFPB Monitor

The Order sets out the following national objectives with respect to digital assets: consumer and investor protection; protection of financial stability and mitigation of systemic risk; mitigation of illicit finance and national security risks; reinforcement of U.S.

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OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve propose amendments to CRA regulations

CFPB Monitor

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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