The OCC, the FRB and the FDIC jointly issued (i) an interim final rule that delays the applicability date of the facility-based assessment areas and public file provisions contained in the Community Reinvestment Act and (ii) a final rule that makes related technical amendments.
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FINRA adopted amendments to provide margin relief for specified index option positions, referred to as "protected options."
The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced recommendations on: (i) the use of U.S. Treasuries as margin collateral, (ii) the securities market's move to T+1 securities settlement and (iii) a digital asset taxonomy.
The CFTC withdrew its original proposal and newly proposed to allow an FCM, subject to certain conditions, to treat separate accounts of a single beneficial owner as if they were owned by different persons, for purposes of margin withdrawals from the separate accounts.
Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown urged Cameron Fowler, the CEO of Zelle, the instant payment platform co-owned by seven "Big Banks," to clarify the firm's policies protecting consumers from scams.