Tag: FDIC

"As a former governor, I know firsthand how critical it is for states and municipalities to issue bonds that fund their basic operations, including the construction of schools, roads and local projects," Mark Warner said. (AP Photo)

Bipartisan senators look to loosen major post-crisis banking rule

Joseph Lawler · September 27, 2016 9:00 pm

After months of fighting Rep. Lamar Smith's subpoena, the agency produced documents about a climate study. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Lawmaker accuses FDIC of covering up breach by Chinese hackers

Rudy Takala · July 13, 2016 8:31 pm

The financial services unit of Jeffrey Immelt's company, General Electric, was released from the federal government's clutches Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A milestone for financial reform, but skeptics remain

Joseph Lawler · July 1, 2016 4:01 am

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that banks will face the possibility of tougher requirements if they have not fixed the shortcomings in their "living wills" by October. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Yellen warns banks: ‘There will be consequences’ after October deadline

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2016 4:10 pm

FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg says megabanks whose living wills have been rejected will have a chance to fix them. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Regulator promises banks ‘full and fair’ hearing on living wills

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2016 3:53 pm

Thomas Hoenig, the vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said in a speech in Paris that the banking industry has "begun to lobby for special treatment or exemptions" from capital rules. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg, File)

Regulator says banks lobbying against new capital rules

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2016 3:33 pm

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Comptroller Thomas Curry said the proposal for a new rule for megabanks is "one piece of a broader effort to increase the resiliency of the banking system." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Regulators roll out newest big rule for megabanks

Joseph Lawler · April 26, 2016 3:16 pm

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg issued a vote of confidence in the post-crisis banking rules Thursday, saying that a megabank failure today would be handled without the kind of crisis that accompanied the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FDIC chief: Megabank failure would not mean crisis

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 5:36 pm

JPMorgan Chase's 150,000-page living will was not the reason. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Why regulators think JPMorgan is still too big to fail

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Elizabeth Warren called it a "very big deal" and "scary" that the agencies declared that the JPMorgan Chase's plans for going bankrupt without government help are not credible. (AP Photo)

Warren takes on JPMorgan CEO over rejected living will

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2016 8:21 pm

In a statement released Wednesday morning, the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation dismissed the living wills submitted by Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, State Street, and Wells Fargo. (AP Photos)

Feds reject bankruptcy plans from five megabanks

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2016 12:29 pm

Any banks that have a "fortress balance sheet" with high levels of capital would earn regulatory relief, Hensarling suggested. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The big questions surrounding Republicans’ Dodd-Frank replacement

Joseph Lawler · March 29, 2016 4:01 am