
By Fed Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application filed by Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama, to establish a branch at the intersection of West Lake Houston Parkway and Magnolia Cove in Kingwood, Texas.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: West Pointe Bancshares, Inc., Oshkosh, Wisconsin Written Agreement issued July 15, 2011 Terminated Sept. 23, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (PDF), Boston, Massachusetts Written Agreement dated Sept. 15, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 18, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday published a report containing summary information on the volume and value, interchange fee revenue, certain issuer costs, and fraud losses related to debit card transactions in 2013. The report is the third in a series to be published every two years pursuant to section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA).

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Policy Normalization Principles and Plans During its recent meetings, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) discussed ways to normalize the stance of monetary policy and the Federal Reserve's securities holdings. The discussions were part of prudent planning and do not imply that normalization will ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the September 16-17 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. On balance, labor market conditions improved somewhat further; however, the unemployment rate is little changed and a range of labor market indicators suggests that ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the applications under section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act by ANB Bank, Denver, Colorado, to merge with Capital West Bank, Laramie, Wyoming, and to establish branches at the locations of Capital West Bank.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 11, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Portage Community Bank (PDF), Ravenna, Ohio Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated September 9, 2014 Settlers Bank (PDF), Marietta, Ohio Order of assessment of civil money penalty dated September 9, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Lafayette Ambassador Bank (PDF), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Cease and Desist Order dated September 4, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced increases in the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) for exempt consumer credit and lease transactions. These increases are consistent with the Dodd-Frank ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today requested comment on proposed revisions to the "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment." The Questions and Answers provide additional guidance to financial institutions and the public on the agencies' regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

By Fed Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: As part of the continuing program of operational testing of its policy tools, the Federal Reserve plans to conduct a series of eight consecutive seven-day term deposit operations through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF) beginning in October. Term deposits in this series will incorporate an early withdrawal ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Guaranty Development Company, Livingston, Montana, and American Bank, Bozeman, Montana Written Agreement issued Aug. 3, 2010 Terminated Sept. 2, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Five federal agencies are seeking comment on a proposed rule to establish margin requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).

By Fed Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday adopted a final rule modifying the definition of the denominator of the supplementary leverage ratio in a manner consistent with recent changes agreed to by the Basel Committee ...

By Fed Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finalized a rule on Wednesday to strengthen the liquidity positions of large financial institutions.

By Fed Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Ridgestone Financial Services, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin Written Agreement issued Nov. 29, 2010 Terminated Aug. 27, 2014 Robertson Holding Company, L.P., Unified Shares, LLC, Commercial Bancgroup, ...

By Fed Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Delmar Bancorp, Salisbury, Maryland Written Agreement issued June 21, 2012 Terminated Aug. 22, 2014 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.

By Fed Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings for July 14 and July 28, 2014.