--- title: "Banking — News & Analysis | Model Diplomat" description: "Browse 9 stories and expert analysis tagged Banking on Model Diplomat — diplomacy, politics, and global-affairs coverage for Model UN." url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/tag/banking" --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://modeldiplomat.com/llms.txt). Skip to main content ## 9 Stories [economics_markets](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-stress-test-overhaul-is-a-capital-smoothing-exercise) ### [Fed's stress-test overhaul is a capital-smoothing exercise](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-stress-test-overhaul-is-a-capital-smoothing-exercise) [2026-09-30](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-stress-test-overhaul-is-a-capital-smoothing-exercise) [economics_markets](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/wall-streets-128b-private-credit-blind-spot) ### [Wall Street's $128B Private Credit Blind Spot](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/wall-streets-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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/wall-streets-128b-private-credit-blind-spot) [2026-07-19](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/wall-streets-128b-private-credit-blind-spot) [economics_markets](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/private-credit-canary-stops-singing) ### [Private Credit Canary Stops Singing](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/private-credit-canary-stops-singing) [2026-07-19](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/private-credit-canary-stops-singing) [economics_markets](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-aml-rewrite-faces-fatf-grey-list-risk) ### [Fed's AML Rewrite Faces FATF Grey-List Risk](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-aml-rewrite-faces-fatf-grey-list-risk) [2026-07-07](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/feds-aml-rewrite-faces-fatf-grey-list-risk) [law_justice](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-shakes-banks) ### [Supreme Court's Slaughter Ruling Shakes Banks](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-shakes-banks) [2026-07-06](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-shakes-banks) [law_justice](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-explained) ### [Supreme Court's Slaughter Ruling Explained](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-explained) [The Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter dismantles protections for bank regulators, reshaping U.S. financial governance.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-explained) [2026-07-06](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/supreme-courts-slaughter-ruling-explained) [international](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/russia-shifts-drone-defense-costs-to-banks) ### [Russia Shifts Drone Defense Costs to Banks](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/russia-shifts-drone-defense-costs-to-banks) [2026-05-27](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/russia-shifts-drone-defense-costs-to-banks) [us politics](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/kevin-warshs-fed-nomination-trumps-deregulation-challenge) ### [Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/kevin-warshs-fed-nomination-trumps-deregulation-challenge) [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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/kevin-warshs-fed-nomination-trumps-deregulation-challenge) [2026-04-28](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/kevin-warshs-fed-nomination-trumps-deregulation-challenge) [india](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indias-2026-gaming-rules-banks-face-new-compliance-burden) ### [India's 2026 Online Gaming Rules: What Banks Must Now Do](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indias-2026-gaming-rules-banks-face-new-compliance-burden) [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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indias-2026-gaming-rules-banks-face-new-compliance-burden) [2026-04-23](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/indias-2026-gaming-rules-banks-face-new-compliance-burden)