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1 06, 2023

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2023-06-01T16:58:53-04:00June 1st, 2023|2- Daily Briefing|

BIS Head Presses for New-Age, Tough Bank Supervision

BIS General Manager Carstens today absolved central banks in general and the Fed by clear inference from fault in recent bank failures by way of recent interest-rate hikes.  Noting also that the Basel III construct is very resilient in design and should have prevented these collapses and then the secondary systemic risk that resulted around the world, Mr. Carstens points instead to failures by bank senior management and directors to execute basic risk-management obligations.

Exec-Comp Clawback Bill Takes Shape

With additional GOP support now also on the Banking Committee, Sen. Warren (D-MA) today introduced a revised version of the earlier, also-bipartisan bill on executive-compensation clawbacks following mid-March bank failures (see FSM Report COMPENSATION35).  The new bill covers only banks with assets above $10 billion and direct and indirect compensation over three years, a change from the prior bill’s attempt to capture all compensation.

CFPB Sounds P2P Alarm

Building on its 2022 deposit-insurance representations circular (see FSM Report DEPOSITINSURANCE113), the CFPB today released an issue spotlight warning consumers that funds are at risk with payment apps such as Venmo.  The FDIC is heightening pressure on nonbanks that gather funds which consumers may confuse with insured deposits (see FSM Report DEPOSITINSURANCE117), but doing so for payment apps is far more challenging because funds move quickly in and out of insured accounts.

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26 10, 2021

Daily102621

2023-06-05T13:54:59-04:00October 26th, 2021|2- Daily Briefing|

McWilliams Positions Herself as Crypto Liberal Among Agency Skeptics
In remarks posted this morning, FDIC Chair McWilliams provided an update on the inter-agency “crypto sprint.” Ms. McWilliams made it clear that her intent is not to prohibit bank crypto activities but instead to govern them, announcing that a series of policy statements will be issued in “coming months.”

U.S. Adds Voice to Health/Finance G20 Construct
The U.S. Treasury has now joined other G20 finance ministers in calling for a new forum coordinating health and finance policy. The proposal was sparked by an earlier report from former government officials such as Larry Summers based on the need to ensure that all national and global resources are prepositioned to prevent the next pandemic.

Global Regulators Tackle Margining, CCP Resilience
Advancing an FSB priority most recently emphasized in the Board’s forward-looking plan, the Basel Committee, IOSCO, and the Committee on Payment and Market Infrastructures today invited comment on additional margining standards addressing problems identified in the March 2020 COVID crisis.

House Advances Open-Source Regulatory Data
The House late yesterday passed 400-19 the Financial Transparency Act (H.R. 2989), legislation reintroduced by Reps. Maloney (D-NY) and McHenry (R-NC) requiring the federal financial regulatory agencies to adopt data collection-and-distribution standards on format, searchability, and transparency.

OCC Stands Firm on LIBOR Transition, Supervisory Priorities
In remarks generally focused on LIBOR transition, Acting Comptroller Hsu today emphasized that the U.S. agencies fully intend to end LIBOR and “zombie LIBOR” as of year-end and that even banks that think …

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