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Finance & markets · 05/12/2014Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read

Federal Reserve Board Adopts Amendments to Regulation J for Faster Check Settlements

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The Federal Reserve Board is adopting amendments to Regulation J to allow Federal Reserve Banks to require paying banks to make settlement proceeds available within 30 minutes of receiving checks, and to obtain settlement as early as 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. These changes align with the revised method for posting debits and credits to banks' Federal Reserve accounts and are part of the Board's concurrent adoption of the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR policy) amendments.

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Finance & markets · 8/4/2026

Federal Reserve Proposes Updates to Regulation O on Insider Loans

The Federal Reserve is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation O, which governs loans to executive officers, directors, and principal shareholders of member banks and their affiliates, with the aim of increasing transparency, reducing regulatory burden, and modernizing the regulation.

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Finance & markets · 9/14/2026

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve Board, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Jointly Issue Interim Final Rule on Examination Cycle for Small Insured Depository Institutions and Foreign Banks

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