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12 Nov 2007, 1:14 pm
Or, more accurately, a terrific bookclub conversation about Frank Portnoy's FIASCO. [read post]
Section 604(e) of the Dodd-Frank Act similarly amended Section 4(j)(2) of the BHC Act to require the FRB to consider financial stability concerns when reviewing notices by bank holding companies to engage in nonbanking activities. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 5:20 pm by James Hamilton
House hearings on the SEC-federal banking interagency proposal to implement the risk retention provisions of Dodd-Frank revealed significant concerns centering on an exemption for government-sponsored entities and 20 percent down payment to qualify for the qualified residential mortgage carve out from risk retention.The hearings were held by the Capital Markets Subcommittee Chaired by Rep. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 4:54 pm by James Hamilton
According to Senate Banking Chair Christopher Dodd, the purpose of the Volcker rule, which is in Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, is to eliminate excessive risk taking activities by banks and their affiliates while at the same time preserving safe, sound investment activities that serve the public interest. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 3:57 pm
The Durbin Amendment, a last-minute addition to the Dodd-Frank Act, drastically lowers swipe fees - the fee charged to merchants every time a customer pays with plastic - on debit cards issued by big banks, cutting into the banks' revenue while, presumably, lowering costs for merchants and therefore consumers. [read post]
14 Dec 2014, 1:02 pm by James Hamilton
H.R. 3329 would direct the Federal Reserve to increase the qualifying asset threshold of the Fed’s Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement from $500 million to up to $1 billion, enabling small bank holding companies with under $1 billion in assets to be regulated under the Small Bank Holding Company Statement, which allows simplified reporting requirements and less stringent capital standards that reflect the traditional banking services that these… [read post]
Basel III-based final capital rules into their capital plan submissions and Dodd-Frank stress tests for the 2013–2014 cycle. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 11:53 am by James Hamilton
The recommendations also identify indicia of permitted activities that will help prevent banking entities from migrating proprietary trading activities into areas of the banking entity that otherwise conduct permitted activities. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 8:07 am
  Following the meeting, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) expressed confidence that the Senate would soon act – perhaps by Memorial Day – on the financial reform bill that was approved by the Banking Committee on a party line vote on Monday.As Congress wraps up work on healthcare reform efforts this week and heads into its two-week Easter recess, Chairman… [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 8:07 am
  Following the meeting, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) expressed confidence that the Senate would soon act – perhaps by Memorial Day – on the financial reform bill that was approved by the Banking Committee on a party line vote on Monday.As Congress wraps up work on healthcare reform efforts this week and heads into its two-week Easter recess, Chairman… [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 3:15 pm by Jay P. Lechner
SOX has been criticized for its “reasonable belief” requirement -- SOX only protects an employee who “reasonably believes” the information s/he reports constitutes securities, bank or wire fraud or a violation of an SEC rule or other federal law “relating to fraud against shareholders. [read post]
The Volcker Rule, as embodied in the Dodd-Frank Act and reflected in proposed regulations, generally prohibits “banking entities” from engaging in proprietary trading and from investing in or sponsoring private equity and hedge funds. [1] These “banking entities” include foreign banks that maintain branches or agencies in the U.S. or that own U.S. banks or commercial lending companies in the United States. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 5:58 am by Above the Law
[Law360] * Barney Frank, whose nameesake regulations could have prevented the recent bank collapses and then lobbied to support Trump administration efforts to relax those same regulations, sits on the board of now-collapsed Signature Bank. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 8:18 pm by Kevin Funnell
Many community bankers are looking forward to the brave new world under Dodd-Frank, which appears certain to pass the Senate in the very near future (perhaps tomorrow), with the same eagerness the crowd in Greeley's saloon at the end of... [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 4:45 am
Barney Frank that would make overdraft protection on debit cards available on an opt-in basis only. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 2:59 pm by Kim Krawiec
  Related Posts: Dodd-Frank @ 1: Volcker Rule By The Numbers Dodd-Frank @1: The Volcker Public Comments Dodd-Frank @1: Screwing Joe The “Plummer” Dodd-Frank @1: The Volcker Meeting Logs       [read post]
5 May 2014, 9:30 pm by Abena Yeboa
In response to the difficulties facing the nation’s leading financial institutions after the 2008 economic crisis, U.S. regulators unveiled new rules mandating that leading banking institutions conduct biannual “stress tests” in compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 4:25 am by Broc Romanek
Here’s an excerpt from this Bloomberg article: Now, though, the drive to wipe out or scale back Dodd-Frank has lost momentum. [read post]
10 Jul 2017, 2:10 pm by Amy Chan
The supervisory stress tests are carried out pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and is one component of the Federal Reserve’s analysis during the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), which is an annual exercise to evaluate the capital planning processes and capital adequacy of large bank holding companies. [read post]