Section 165(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the Federal Reserve to establish “enhanced supervision and prudential standards” for bank holding companies with more than $50 billion assets. This scrutiny level is stronger than the standards applicable to smaller institutions and increases based on a bank holding company’s unique riskiness. A. Standards the Federal Reserve Must […]
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Regulatory Changes [Trend To Watch]
Financial services executives are likely tossing and turning at night, thinking about the shift to digital, stringent regulations. As the Financial Times reported: “Bank bosses perhaps are worried most about not being publically humiliated by a failing grade.” We at Perficient know this first-hand, as we regularly advise financial institutions on how to better measure […]
What Does President Trump Really Think Of Dodd-Frank?
Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that is aimed at reducing regulation across all industries. Part of his push, which has been framed to help small and large companies alike, requires departments and agencies to “identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed” for every new one proposed. When it comes to […]
Stress Tests: What Bank Bosses Worry About Most
If you work in financial services, you may have noticed that your executives aren’t getting enough sleep. They’re most likely tossing and turning at night, thinking about the shift to digital, stringent regulations, and, as The Financial Times recently said: “Bank bosses perhaps are worried most about not being publically humiliated by a failing grade.” […]
Top 10 “Best Of” Financial Services Thought Leadership for 2014
The clock is ticking as we are fast approaching the end of 2014 and are already focused on what’s ahead in 2015. Before we take a jump ahead into the next calendar year, I thought I’d give readers a look back at some of the great content produced this past year. Visit our Thought Leadership section […]
Upcoming Webinar: Implications of Dodd-Frank on Compensation Management
Four years after the signing of Dodd-Frank, financial services firms have a better understanding of both the challenges and potential benefits for their organization. While financial institutions are starting to get a better grip on Dodd-Frank reforms, one area where regulators are still coming to grips with and finalizing guidelines is incentive compensation. In fact, Section 956 was […]
Managing Process is Key to Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform
This week I was discussing regulatory compliance issues with our Business Process Management (BPM) guru, Kevin Feldhus. We’ve led some really large and complex regulatory initiatives with banks, but never have we witnessed anything so encompassing as Dodd Frank. The scope of most bank regulatory projects typically focuses strictly on compliance. Any thoughts relating to […]