Ebrima Santos Sanneh covers the Treasury, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for American Banker. He is a native of Providence, R.I. and a 2020 graduate of UCLA. Before joining American Banker he worked as a staffer for Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
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New rules from Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will mandate reporting for non-financed real estate transfers and expand anti-money-laundering requirements for investment advisors.
August 28 -
A bipartisan group of ex-inspectors general is pushing Senate leaders to quickly confirm Christy Goldsmith Romero to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. despite scheduling delays and the upcoming election.
August 13 -
Democrats Ritchie Torres and Gregory Meeks called on the New York Home Loan bank to follow the lead of its peers and use alternative credit scoring models for collateral to improve consumers' access to homeownership.
August 9 -
While the federal banking agencies are not changing any current rules, they issued a joint statement Thursday cautioning banks about risks in third-party deposit partnerships. They are also seeking public input on bank-fintech partnerships more generally.
July 25 -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Vice Chair Travis Hill has called for a full reproposal of the Basel III endgame capital standards, emphasizing the need for joint advancement by all three major federal banking agencies and an additional comment period for industry feedback.
July 24 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said the OCC will review its 2020 interpretation of preemption under the Dodd-Frank Act and explore more direct engagement, tailored federal regulation and supervision of nonbank fintechs.
July 17 -
Banking experts are divided on how regulators will reshape the capital overhaul and if reported revisions being floated by regulators will meet the banking industry's demands.
June 30 -
President Joe Biden also nominated fellow Commodity Futures Trade Commission board member Kristin Johnson to a top bank regulatory post at the Treasury Department.
June 13 -
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu Thursday said AI providers and end-users — including banks — should share responsibility for errors that derive from artificial intelligence models.
June 6 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile for Q1 showed that banks' net income margins got a boost, but FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg said concerns around inflation, interest rate volatility and geopolitical uncertainty could mean tougher quarters ahead.
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