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Fed's stress-test overhaul is a capital-smoothing exercise
Federal Reserve finalized stress-test overhaul: two-year averaging for bank capital buffers and public input, expected to halve volatility.
2026-09-30
Wall Street's $128B Private Credit Blind Spot
28 of 53 BDCs posted net losses in Q1 2026, while banks hold $128 billion in disclosed private credit exposure. Apollo and Saba Capital are already raising capital to buy distressed assets.
2026-07-19
Private Credit Canary Stops Singing
28 of 53 publicly traded BDCs posted losses in Q1 2026, up from 12 a year ago, signaling stress in the $2.3 trillion private credit market. Banks have $300 billion in exposure, and AI disruption is hitting software loans.
2026-07-19
Fed's AML Rewrite Faces FATF Grey-List Risk
The Federal Reserve's AML proposal shifts U.S. banks to a risk-based regime, raising concerns about potential FATF grey-listing risks.
2026-07-07
Supreme Court's Slaughter Ruling Shakes Banks
The Supreme Court's Trump v. Slaughter ruling ends for-cause protections for bank regulators, shifting control to the White House and raising concerns over regulatory stability.
2026-07-06
Supreme Court's Slaughter Ruling Explained
The Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter dismantles protections for bank regulators, reshaping U.S. financial governance.
2026-07-06
Russia Shifts Drone Defense Costs to Banks
Russia now makes banks responsible for shooting down drones over their sites, a shift that exposes deep gaps in the country's strained air defense network.
2026-05-27
Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination
Kevin Warsh's Fed chair nomination faces a divided Senate and central bank, complicating Trump's deregulation agenda and the future of US banking oversight.
2026-04-28
India's 2026 Online Gaming Rules: What Banks Must Now Do
India's 2026 gaming rules make banks liable for real-money game payments, imposing a heavy new compliance burden that is reshaping the fintech industry.
2026-04-23