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11.14.24

What the 2024 Election Results Mean for Regional and Community Financial Institutions




04.11.23

The Next Regulatory Shoe To Drop: Predictions Following Recent Bank Failures

Recent bank failures followed by stresses on other regional banks have resulted in a variety of theories of causes and predictable finger-pointing among various constituencies, followed by proposals for new legislative and regulatory restrictions.


03.13.23

Federal Reserve Establishes New Program to Enhance Bank Liquidity

On March 12, 2023, in response to concerns about the ongoing ripple effects of recent bank failures, the Federal Reserve Board established the new Bank Term Funding Program (the Program) to provide additional funding to eligible depository institutions in order to enhance banks’ ability to ...


04.06.22

SEC Proposed New Rules to More Tightly Regulate SPAC Activity

On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules and amendments to enhance disclosure and investor protection in initial public offerings and in business combination transactions, or de-SPAC transactions, by special purpose acquisition companies.


01.11.22

Financial Services Capital Markets and M&A: 2022 Off and Running

2021 is in the books…another eventful year on so many different fronts.


07.12.21

Executive Order May Pump the Brakes on Bank M&A

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.”


09.03.20

CFPB Finds Multiple Consumer Finance Violations in National Bank’s Overdraft Practices

On August 20, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered a consent order with a national bank over the sales and marketing practices for its optional overdraft service called Debit Card Advance (DCA).


01.07.20

2019 Financial Services M&A and Capital Markets Year in Review

Although it was very quiet on the western front (in particular, in California), 2019 was generally a solid year for banks pursuing merger and acquisition opportunities and accessing the capital markets.


12.24.19

FDIC Proposes to Update Brokered Deposits Regs

In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced its plan to update its brokered deposits regulations.


05.08.19

Passive-Aggressive: Federal Reserve Seeks Comment on Bank Control

Seeking to increase the transparency of the rules for determining control of a banking organization, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Board) asked for public comment on a new proposal.