Comptroller of the Currency

• Swaps Dealer Threshold Set

  By Steven Sloan and Jesse Hamilton, Bloomberg  |  April 18, 2012

  Regulators say firms with more than $8 bln in annual business face additional oversight.

• Banks Get Traction on Volcker Rule

  By Robert Schmidt and Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg  |  March 27, 2012

  Legislators, regulators signal willingness to revise plan after four-month lobbying blitz.

• Banks Incite Volcker Rule Outrage

  By Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg  |  February 23, 2012

  Lobbyists pushed to expand restrictions, then encouraged governments to complain.

• Ezrati’s Economic Outlook: Volcker Rule Confusion

  By Milton Ezrati  |  January 31, 2012

  Vagueness and ambiguity dog Dodd-Frank provision regulating bank securities trading.

• Hearing on Dodd-Frank Rules

  By Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg  |  December 6, 2011

  Senate Banking Committee to question regulators on progress on rule-making.

• Bank Regulator: Replace Ratings

  By Jesse Hamilton, Bloomberg  |  December 1, 2011

  OCC suggests banks use other measures of creditworthiness.

• Major Credit Raters Still Dominate

  By Zeke Faux, Bloomberg  |  November 16, 2011

  Fees for credit ratings are rising faster than inflation.

• MF Global Exposes Prop-Trade Risk

  By Christine Harper, Michael J. Moore, Silla Brush  |  November 1, 2011

  Jon Corzine's risky play, a case in point for Paul Volker's rule.

• Banks Pressed to Take Deposits

  By Dakin Campbell, Dawn Kopecki, Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg News  |  August 26, 2011

  In return, financial institutions seek relief on FDIC premiums, leverage ratios.

• Internet Banking Security Guidance

  By Marc Rapport, Credit Union Times  |  June 29, 2011

  FFIEC backs layered security programs, detecting transaction anomalies.