Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
OCC warns on cyber risks from subpar patches at US banks
Regulator says banks have good track record overall, but exams reveal weaknesses
US learns to play the Basel game
Mnuchin report marks a US regulatory shift – from leadership to gamesmanship
Scrap the gold plate: Mnuchin goes global on bank rules
Treasury converges to international standards, but leverage ratio exception may delay Basel deal
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Model risk managers eye benefits of machine learning
Ramp-up in regulatory scrutiny of model validation sees banks turn to black boxes
Broaden your reach on model risk, quants told
Three banks say their model inventories are “a work in progress”
Executive disorder: little threat to Dodd-Frank from Trump memos
Order to scrap two rules for each new one cannot capture bank regulators or repeal legislation
Trump casts a shadow over US swap stays legislation
Changes to agency heads could delay or derail a vital part of bank resolution rules
OCC fines Usher and Ramchandani $5m each in FX ‘Cartel’ probe
Former traders were indicted by the DoJ for the same offences
Banks: OCC guidance forced downgrade of healthy energy loans
Loans with low loss given defaults now considered impaired, lenders complain
US elections: whoever wins, Wall Street loses
Republican nominee is no fan of bankers and a Democrat Senate would block reform of Dodd-Frank
Big losses force banks to rethink energy lending
Unfunded loans and exposures to suppliers worry credit risk managers
US Bank’s op risk chief on terrorism and continuity
Jodi Richard explains overhaul of firm’s op risk programme, including crisis management plans
OCC’s Cunningham on why regulatory agencies need CROs too
The US banking supervisor has been taking a leaf out of banks’ books and putting the focus on enterprise risk management
Indecent exposure: Fed limits threaten swaps liquidity
Unworkable due diligence rules may prompt G-Sibs to cut single counterparty exposures below 5%
OCC probed for regulatory capture
The agency is among the latest being investigated for a potential soft touch when handling Wall Street firms
The beginning of the end for footloose modelling
US model risk guidance has drawbacks, but is a step towards better management of model risk
US regulators favour September margin deadline
September 1 roll-out would threaten bilateral swap trading chasm between EU and US
US model risk rules put lions back in their cages
Impact of Federal Reserve and OCC model risk guidance is being felt well beyond US banks
Op risk models still needed despite SMA, says regulator
Models “play an important role in quantifying risk”, says OCC's Beth Dugan
Accounting puts brake on move to daily settled swaps
New margin approach threatens hedge accounting status, could hurt effectiveness
Banks grapple with ‘unprecedented’ vendor risk rules
Firms cutting numbers of vendors and hiring more staff to oversee third-party relationships
US regulators not backing down in leverage ratio stand-off
Yellen, Gruenberg and Curry offer no concessions to agriculture committee
Risk USA: handling the consequences of reform
Flagship risk event focuses on the post-crisis regulatory universe