Bank regulators & general banking
Topic

Federal Reserve

6 articles

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Stablecoins

GENIUS Act stablecoin rules: Fed proposes reserve, capital terms

The Fed proposed reserve, capital, custody and application rules for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act; comments run 60 days.

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Federal Reserve

Fed prohibition orders target embezzlement, check fraud, conflicts

The Fed barred three former bank and card-company employees from the industry over embezzlement, a check-fraud ring and an undisclosed conflict of interest.

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Federal Reserve

Fed ends enforcement orders at United Texas Bank and Quontic

The Federal Reserve terminated a 2024 cease and desist order at United Texas Bank and a 2023 written agreement with Quontic's holding companies on September 2.

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Federal Reserve

Fed written agreement restricts SouthPoint; Deutsche order ends

The Fed signed a written agreement with SouthPoint Bancshares limiting dividends and debt, and ended a 2017 cease and desist order against Deutsche Bank units.

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Federal Reserve

Regulation O proposal would update insider lending limits

The Federal Reserve proposed its first broad rewrite of Regulation O since 1979, updating insider credit thresholds and indexing them to economic growth.

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Bank Enforcement

Bank enforcement action bars ex-lending chief over altered appraisals

The Fed barred a former Illinois chief lending officer from banking over altered appraisals and loans backed by unlicensed appraisers that hurt a later owner.

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