The Fed's plan to loosen bank capital rules, which could free up as much as $200 billion, poses a big risk if it all hits the economy at once, argues @PaulJDavies (via @opinion) https://t.co/cbvg2sUdO4 ...

FDIC, the Federal Reserve and the OCC jointly issued guidance clarifying the capital treatment of tokenized securities under bank capital rules. The agencies said eligible tokenized securities should generally receive the same capital treatment as their non-tokenized equivalents, emphasizing that the regulatory framework is technology neutral and that the use of distributed ledger technology does not generally affect capital treatment. https://t.co/EqlnUIUJX0 ...

Seventeen years onfrom the global financial crisis, regulators are cutting redtape for their banks in a ‍bid to keep lenders competitive andstimulate their economies.The Trump administration is leading the charge, including withmeasures that will reduce the amount of capital lenders need toset aside. Lowering capital requirements ​is worrying someobservers that the U.S. has triggered a global rowback fromregulations designed to keep financial systems safer, just aschatter about ‌market bubbles and financia ...