BN Business News
Business Maps⌕ Search Business News
Add your company to Business Communicator →

Bankowość centralna · 6.05.1996

Securities Credit Transactions

In conjunction with a final rule printed elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Board is considering further amendments to its margin regulations, Regulations G, T, and U. Regulation T covers extensions of credit by and to brokers and dealers; Regulation U covers extensions of credit by banks; and Regulation G covers extensions of credit by all other U.S. lenders. The Board is proposing to: allow a broker-dealer to extend ``good faith'' credit on any non-equity security rather than only those currently permitted by Board rules; allow lending on non-equity securities to occur in a new ``non-equity'' account, absent the restrictions currently imposed in the margin account; remove restrictions on the ability of broker-dealers to calculate required margin for non-equity securities on a ``portfolio'' basis; ease or eliminate the Board's collateral requirements for the borrowing and lending of securities; exempt lending to foreign persons on foreign securities by foreign branches of U.S. broker dealers; remove a Board interpretation that prevents options from serving as cover in lieu of margin for a short sale; and allow banks to lend against exchange- traded options to the extent pe

Source: Federal Register — Federal ReserveOpen original release →
6

Bankowość centralna · 9/14/2026

Expanded Examination Cycle for Certain Small Insured Depository Institutions and U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks

The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the Agencies) are jointly issuing and requesting public comment on an interim final rule to implement section 903 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The interim final rule raises the asset threshold for certain supervised institutions with less than $6 billion in total assets to qualify for an 18-month on-site examination cycle. The interim final rule also makes parallel changes to the Agencies' regulations governing the on- site examination cycle for U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, consistent with the International Banking Act of 1978 (IBA).

Read summary →

Bankowość centralna · 8/4/2026

Regulatory Modernization and Relief for Mutual Holding Companies

The Board invites comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking (proposal) to modernize the regulatory framework applicable to mutual holding companies (MHCs), primarily through proposed revisions to Regulation MM (12 CFR part 239), which governs the formation, operations, activities, and conversion of savings and loan holding companies in mutual form. The proposal would amend Regulation MM by, among other things, eliminating certain dividend waiver requirements, reducing burden associated with conversions from mutual-to-stock form, revising certain post-conversion restrictions, eliminating the requirement that subsidiary holding companies of MHCs obtain federal charters, and revising and clarifying other provisions of the regulation. The proposal also would amend the capital rule (12 CFR part 217) to clarify that certain mutual capital instruments may qualify as regulatory capital and to codify model term sheets for mutual capital certificates as appendices to the regulation.

Read summary →

Bankowość centralna · 8/4/2026

Loans to Executive Officers, Directors, and Principal Shareholders of Member Banks; Bank Holding Companies

The Board is inviting public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation O, which governs loans by member banks to their insiders and insiders of their affiliates. The proposed amendments would update and modernize the regulation, increase transparency by clarifying requirements and incorporating existing interpretations, and promote efficiency by reducing regulatory burden. The proposed amendments also would incorporate existing statutory requirements that are not currently reflected in the regulation. Moreover, the proposed amendments would update several outdated dollar-based thresholds in Regulation O and index these thresholds going forward. In addition, the proposed amendments would address the application of Regulation O to member banks that lend to companies that are presumed to be controlled by large asset management companies through passive investment funds. Finally, the proposed amendments would revise and reorganize the regulation to streamline the text and make it more accessible.

Read summary →