In July, the Federal bank regulators finalized their rules implementing most of the Basel III capital regime, as modified to meet the requirements of Dodd-Frank. They also released the "Basel 2.5" ...

A new regulatory capital framework for US banks has been introduced by the issuance on July 2 of final capital regulations (the Final Regulation) for bank holding companies and state-chartered member ...

Joe Shearin, president and CEO of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, would be happy to hire new employees if the move helped customers or generated new business for his community bank. But bringing more ...

The Basel III regulatory framework, developed post-2008 financial crisis, aimed to fortify the global banking system. As discussions around the Basel end game intensify, regulators, central banks, and ...

Global banks may soon take a more favorable view of cryptocurrencies as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ...

Regulatory reforms are still under development globally and in the U.S., with capital adequacy taking center stage under Basel III. Careful planning remains an absolute necessity for banks, however, ...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued an interim final rule with request for comments (final rule) that makes technical and conforming amendments to its regulations governing ...

Cities and states have joined a chorus of critics urging federal regulators to revise or halt proposed capital requirements for large banks dubbed the Basel III endgame. In a letter filed Tuesday ...

Okay, this week is dragging, many folks are off anyway, locks are bumping along the bottom, so I am going to switch things up a little, and put the joke first. In honor of tomorrow, and of South ...

To date, the Financial Stability Board has not identified “material and persistent negative effects on SME [small-medium enterprise] financing in general” due to Basel III “although there is some ...