Federal Reserve Board news and trends

Wells Fargo Fined $97.8 Million for Sanctions-Related Violations
Bank Regulation // March 30, 2023

Wells Fargo has been fined $97.8 million for sanctions-related violations from 2010 to 2015. The bank reached settlements of $67.8 million with the Federal Reserve Board and $30 million with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the two regulators said in separate...

Federal Reserve Denies Digital Asset Bank Custodia’s Application
Banking // January 27, 2023

The Federal Reserve Board has denied digital asset bank Custodia Bank’s application. The Fed said in a Friday (Jan. 27) press release that the Wyoming-based digital asset bank’s submitted application to become a member of the Federal Reserve System was inconsistent with factors required under the law. It noted that...

Big Bank Stress Test Show Loan Losses Could Hit $560B-$700B
Banking // June 25, 2020

The Federal Reserve Board indicated that financial institutions (FIs) can stay strong even as they weather turbulent economic conditions, as it unveiled the results of its stress tests for this year and further sensitivity analyses conducted in consideration of the pandemic. Vice Chair Randal K....

US Banks Saw $2T Increase In Deposits During Pandemic
Banking // June 22, 2020

A record $2 trillion has been deposited into U.S. bank accounts since the coronavirus first hit the U.S. in January, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Board. In April alone, deposits grew by $865 billion, more than the previous record for an entire...

Interviews & Exclusives
Time, Really, for Real-Time Payments?

June 19, 2017
Real time payments, as a concept, has been around for a while. What will it take to make the concept a reality?  In our latest Topic TBD, Cheryl Gurz, global head of payments offering and product strategy at CGI, weighs in on the long and winding road to speed and surety in getting money from here to there.

Quick Reads
Banks Say New Capital Requirements Will Stifle Lending

June 05, 2023
American regulators are reportedly preparing to impose new capital requirements on the country’s larger banks. The changes, as reported Monday (June 5) by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), are designed to help the system bounce back from this year’s banking crisis, and could increase capital requirements for bigger banks by approximately 20%. The report, which […]

Wells Fargo Fined $97.8 Million for Sanctions-Related Violations

March 30, 2023
Wells Fargo has been fined $97.8 million for sanctions-related violations from 2010 to 2015. The bank reached settlements of $67.8 million with the Federal Reserve Board and $30 million with...

Federal Reserve Denies Digital Asset Bank Custodia’s Application

January 27, 2023
The Federal Reserve Board has denied digital asset bank Custodia Bank’s application. The Fed said in a Friday (Jan. 27) press release that the Wyoming-based digital asset bank’s submitted application to become a member of...

Big Bank Stress Test Show Loan Losses Could Hit $560B-$700B

June 25, 2020
The Federal Reserve Board indicated that financial institutions (FIs) can stay strong even as they weather turbulent economic conditions, as it unveiled the results of its stress tests for this...