A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators urged the FDIC to grant "fair consideration" of applications for deposit insurance made by industrial loan companies and voiced their opposition to regulatory actions that target lawful ILC applications.
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Unlike the conclusions drawn by the President's Working Group, the Federal Reserve Board researchers concluded that a broad adoption of asset-backed stablecoins can potentially be supported within a two-tiered, fractional reserve banking system without a negative impact on credit intermediation.
In a new report, the Congressional Research Service reviewed the federal and state bank charter process and analyzed risks associated with potential charters for FinTech firms and certain issuers of cryptocurrency.
A bank settled OCC charges for violating the statutory holding period for "other real estate owned" and failing to implement corrective measures.
The American Banking Association, SIFMA and the Institute of International Bankers proposed revisions to a Federal Reserve Board proposal to modify its regulations for determining "whether a company has the ability to exercise a controlling influence" on another company.