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Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr announced a forthcoming scaled-back version of the Basel III Endgame which would raise capital requirements for the biggest banks. Originally proposed to raise capital requirements to 19%,...

According to Politico, joint banking regulators remain unclear on how to proceed with proposed Basel III Capital Regulations. Regulators continue to discuss among themselves the appropriate path forward, further complicating efforts to agree on revisions to...

In a Senate Banking Committee hearing on July 9, and followed by the House Financial Services Committee on July 10, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated that he and other Fed board members favor re-proposing the Basel III Endgame...

According to Bloomberg, the Federal Reserve has floated the possibility of scaling back proposed substantial increases in capital requirements for large U.S. banks. However, the path to release a final Basel III capital rule or re-proposal of...

The European Union (EU) has pushed back its timeline to implement a core element of its implementation of the Basel III capital rules by one year to January 2026. The EU is specifically delaying the section...

In response to the industry and lawmaker pushback, the joint banking regulators are looking to scale back the proposed Basel III Endgame capital rules. The proposed rules, as written, would require large U.S. banks to...

The Federal Reserve's plan to boost capital requirements for big banks faces mounting criticism from large banks, Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups. This widespread opposition could complicate the regulator's goal of strengthening the financial...