As One Regulation Dismantles Another: Wall Street Reform To Allow Interest On...
As of Friday, June 25, 2010 the U.S. House and Senate financial reform conferees approved what is now known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Act, considered the...
View ArticleDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act
Last week, Congress finally finished tinkering with the legislation undertaken to prevent future financial crises caused by what some members of Congress characterize as Wall Street greed and to...
View ArticleExecutive Compensation Under The Dodd-Frank Act
We recently presented a broad overview of the regulatory structure for the Banking and Financial Industry under the Dodd-Frank Act. Click here to see prior article. In this installment, we want to...
View ArticleBureau of Consumer Financial Protection
The Dodd-Frank Act responded to public criticism that the federal consumer credit protection laws were not vigorously enforced by the banking regulators, by creating a new independent watchdog for...
View ArticleEmployee Whistleblower Liability Under The Dodd-Frank Act
Community banks, as well as publicly traded companies, have reason to take notice of the new whistleblower liability scheme set out in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,...
View ArticleThe OCC Issues Guidance On How It Will Implement The Federal Preemption...
On May 12, 2011, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued Interpretive Letter #1132, explaining its interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
View ArticleFDIC Adopts Clawback Rule For Executive Compensation
On July 6, 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unanimously approved a final rule allowing it to “claw back” compensation from senior executives and directors who were substantially...
View ArticleThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Now Accepting Mortgage Related...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), was established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, an overhaul of the nation's financial regulations, and is...
View ArticleSMALLER BANK AGREES TO $2 MILLION PLUS PENALTY TO RESOLVE LENDING...
Many bankers can share their experiences that on-site examinations have increasingly focused on lending discrimination data. The Dodd-Frank Act, Section 1094, amended the HMDA to sharpen the...
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