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Rep. Barr presses FDIC on stricter governance guidelines

American Banker

to withdraw a corporate governance guidance proposal as FDIC chair Martin Gruenberg is set to testify in Congress later this week. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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FDIC, OCC find stakeholders hard to please with merger review guidelines

American Banker

and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued proposals to update their bank merger review guidelines, but public comments reflect radically different attitudes from stakeholders about how high the bar to mergers should be. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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OIG calls for stronger FDIC conflict of interest training

American Banker

A report recommends clearer guidelines and enhanced training to prevent conflicts of interest in FDIC acquisitions, which the agency concurred with and agreed to implement.

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Critics say FDIC governance proposal overreaches, but proponents say few banks are affected.

American Banker

The proposed FDIC guidelines would impose stricter governance and risk management standards on banks with over $10 billion in assets, drawing concern over potential regulatory overreach and conflicts with state laws.

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FDIC gives banks extra time to comment on governance proposal

American Banker

Banking advocates claim FDIC's proposed corporate governance guidelines could undermine their legal duty to shareholders, despite the agency's claim that the proposal wouldn't break new ground.

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FDIC Proposes to Align Real Estate Lending Standards with CBLR

ABA Community Banking

The FDIC proposed changes to its guidelines for real estate lending policies in order to align standards with the community bank leverage ratio, which does not require electing institutions to calculate tier 2 capital or total capital.

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FDIC Issues Guidance on Service Technology Service Provider Contracts

CFPB Monitor

On April 2, 2019, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter FIL-19-2019 (the “Letter”) to remind financial institutions about certain contractual provisions and other requirements pertaining to technology service provider contracts. Defining key terms in the contracts relevant to business continuity and/or incident response.As

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