Regulators move to ease a key rule for big banks

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Federal banking regulators moved Wednesday afternoon to ease one capital rule for big banks, a change that particularly could help big custody banks such as State Street and the Bank of New York Mellon.

The announcement from the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is the second significant change to post-crisis banking rules in as many days.

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